German grip on Poland tightens
15th January 1944: The Poles suffer from a crack down as the Red Army gets closer
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In eastern Poland people were beginning to anticipate the arrival of the Red Army. The Zhytomyr–Berdichev offensive of December 1943-January 1944 was making good progress, and news of the Soviet successe…
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