What the records say
- When
- 1 Aug 1941
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Coordinates
- 49.29° N, 24.38° E
- Government
- General Government
- Former government
- Soviet Union
- History
- During Operation Barbarossa, Germany captured the Soviet-occupied regions of Poland. Galacia was incorporated into the General Government.
- Source map
- Greater Germany Administrative Divisions · 7/1/1944 · R and A, OSS
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
District of Galicia
WWII Nazi-administered district in Galicia
The District of Galicia was a World War II administrative unit of the General Government created by Nazi Germany on 1 August 1941 after the start of Operation Barbarossa, based loosely within the borders of the ancient Principality of Galicia and the more recent Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.
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The source
- European Borders, World War II (1938–1945)Stanford Spatial History Lab (M. De Groot)Stanford Spatial History Lab: scholarly reuse, no commercial use
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