NKVD

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The Katyn Massacre

The Katyn Massacre was a deliberate Soviet campaign to eliminate Poland’s military and intellectual elite through the execution of approximately 22,000 prisoners in 1940. For decades, the crime was concealed by state-sponsored deception and international silence, until forensic evidence and political change finally exposed the truth.

Soviet Entry and the Division of Poland

September 17, 1939 marked a decisive but often overlooked turning point, as the Soviet invasion of Poland executed the secret clauses of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. This act completed the partition of Poland and initiated its de-statization through coordinated military force and occupation policies by two totalitarian powers