PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoSoviet ethnic cleansing deportation of Ukrainians, between 1944-1951lemmy.worldimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarelord_admiral@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThe headline is fine, but why are there Polish soldiers in the photo? Author, look closely. The photo shows several men in traditional Polish military uniforms.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoI don’t have an eye for uniforms, so I can’t comment on whether they’re Polish soldiers. I got it from here. https://24tv.ua/vivezeni-zakatovani-ukrayini-vshanovuyut-pamyat-garyachi-novini_n1735707 The postwar Polish government was a creature of the Soviets, though, and quite nakedly so.
The headline is fine, but why are there Polish soldiers in the photo? Author, look closely. The photo shows several men in traditional Polish military uniforms.
I don’t have an eye for uniforms, so I can’t comment on whether they’re Polish soldiers. I got it from here.
https://24tv.ua/vivezeni-zakatovani-ukrayini-vshanovuyut-pamyat-garyachi-novini_n1735707
The postwar Polish government was a creature of the Soviets, though, and quite nakedly so.