Operation Vistula (1947)

GPTKB entity

Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
forced population transfer
gptkbp:apologyBy gptkb:Polish_government_(1990s)
gptkbp:codename gptkb:Akcja_Wisła
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Karol_Świerczewski
gptkb:Stefan_Mossor
gptkbp:commemoratedBy April 28 (in Ukraine and among Ukrainian diaspora)
gptkbp:consequence confiscation of property
forced assimilation
destruction of Ukrainian communities in southeastern Poland
gptkbp:destination gptkb:Recovered_Territories
gptkbp:endDate 1947-07-31
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Vistula (1947)
gptkbp:involvedCountry gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Resolution_of_the_Polish_Council_of_Ministers_(1947)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:militaryUnitsInvolved gptkb:Internal_Security_Corps
gptkb:Milicja_Obywatelska
gptkb:Polish_Army
gptkb:UB_(Security_Office)
gptkbp:numberOfPeopleDeported over 140,000
gptkbp:opposedBy Ukrainian organizations
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:Polish_communist_government
gptkbp:precededBy Soviet-Polish population exchanges
gptkbp:purpose removal of Ukrainian minority
suppression of Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA)
gptkbp:recognizedBy crime against humanity (by some organizations)
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Polish–Ukrainian_conflict
World War II aftermath
Ukrainian Insurgent Army activities
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Boykos
gptkb:Polish_Ruthenians
gptkb:Ukrainians
gptkb:Lemkos
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Operation_East_(Czechoslovakia)
gptkb:Operation_West_(Soviet_Union)
gptkbp:result resettlement of over 140,000 people
gptkbp:startDate 1947-04-28
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ukrainian_minority_in_Poland
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6