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invasione sovietica della Polonia (17 Settembre 1939) CercaNota d'ambito
Used for discussions of the Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939. (en-US)
Definizione
On September 17, 1939, Soviet armed forces invaded eastern Poland, in the wake of the German invasion of western Poland on September 1. According to the secret protocols of the Nazi-Soviet nonagression pact of August 1939, eastern Poland fell into the Soviet sphere of influence. As of September 28, 1939, Poland was divided into German and Soviet occupations zones at the Bug River. (en-US)
Fonte
Dear, I.C.B., ed. The Oxford Companion to World War II. Oxford and New York : Oxford Univerisity Press, 1995. pp. 891, 904, 906