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UPA

Lviv region . summer 1948

Chevan (Wed 13 Apr 2016 05:10:26 AM EDT)

I mean the UPA is translated as Ukrainskaj Povstancheskaj Armia ( Ukranian Insugriment Army)

Chevan (Wed 13 Apr 2016 05:09:09 AM EDT)

Insugriment Army. The UPA has grown from OUN ( organisation of Ukrainians Nationalists) in early 1941. The most pro-nazi part of UPA was exactly OUN.

Kalle Konttinen (Thu 27 Sep 2012 01:44:45 PM EDT)

Wiki says it is Ukrainian Peoples Army, but it can't be from english? What is original name?

Steven Murphy (Wed 05 Oct 2011 04:19:23 AM EDT)

UPA means Ukrainian insurgent Army.

Panas (Sat 09 Oct 2010 11:02:58 AM EDT)

http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/pages/U/K/UkrainianInsurgentArmy.htm

http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army

komandos10 (Fri 08 Oct 2010 03:08:25 PM EDT)

I mean this:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia

komandos10 (Fri 08 Oct 2010 03:07:38 PM EDT)

This link should explain it better,I guess....

Evillittlekenny (Fri 08 Oct 2010 02:59:22 PM EDT)

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The UPA (I dont know right now what they stand for) were a nationalistic partisan amrmy in Ukraine. They kept fighting after WW2 against the Soviets because they wanted a free Ukrainian state. I am not an expert on them, but this should give a rough...

The UPA (I dont know right now what they stand for) were a nationalistic partisan amrmy in Ukraine. They kept fighting after WW2 against the Soviets because they wanted a free Ukrainian state. I am not an expert on them, but this should give a rough overview.

Gulfview (Fri 08 Oct 2010 02:50:58 PM EDT)

Could someone please elaborate on the UPA? Thanx.

Evillittlekenny (Fri 08 Oct 2010 12:35:13 PM EDT)

I guess there was a good portion of luck needed that the pictures could survive.

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