High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Massacres of Poles in Volhynia (Polish: Rzez wolynska, literally: Volhynian slaughter; Ukrainian: Волинська трагедія- Volyn tragedy) and Eastern Galicia were part of an ethnic cleansing operation carried out by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) West in the Nazi occupied regions of the Eastern Galicia (Nazi created Distrikt Galizien in General Government), and UPA North in Volhynia (in Nazi created Reichskommissariat Ukraine), beginning in March 1943 and lasting until the end of 1944. The peak of the massacres took place in July and August 1943 when a senior UPA commander, Dmytro Klyachkivsky, ordered the liquidation of the entire male Polish population between 16 and 60 years of age. Despite this, most of the victims were women and children. The actions of the UPA resulted in 40,000-60,000 Polish civilian casualties in Volhynia, from 25,000 to 30,000-40,000 in Eastern Galicia Ukrainian casualties at the hands of Poles are estimated at...

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