Massacre at the Katyn Forest

     The Katyn Forest Massacre, an exucution by Soviet authorities sometime in late April or early May 1940 of well over 4,000 Polish army officers in the Katyn forest, a resricted Soviet security police (NKVD) preserve several miles west of Smolensk." (Rosenberg 2.) This discovery of seven Mass graves on April 13, 1943 by German caused world fury. Of the bat the Soviets blammed Hitler and the Nazis for the crime. Many people belived it was germany as well due to Germany's weapons. (Weapons of World War II)  As the invesigations went on it seemed that the crimes was done with German bullets and Russian ropes. At microscope analisis the bodies appered to be shot in the back of the head. After many more investigations by both the U.S. and the UK leave no doubt about the essential details.

     The Katyn Forest Massacre Video

                                        Graves For the Dead

After discovering these mass graves the

bodies were dug up and were closley

investigated by authhorities.

                                                                                              When the Germans found these barial sites they discovered that there was seven mass

                                                                                              graves spread out throughout the forest. The bodies in these seven Mass graves were

                                                                                              laid on their stomaches with their arms reaching up or tied behind thier backs. "Some

                                                                                              soldiars had thier mouths stuffed with sawdust others with pieces of felt tied behind

                                                                                              thier necks, bound and blindfolded with coats on thier heads, any form of resistance

                                                                                              would result in almost instant stangulation." (Gkrolik). In each grave there were ten to

                                                                                              twelve layers of corpses. By microscope analisis the soldair appeared to be shot in the

                                                                                              back of their heads.

                                    Soviet, Nazi Relationship

When the Soviets burried the Polish naval

officers there were 10 to 12 layers of bodies.             On August 23, 1939 there was a Pact created 

                                    in order to restore peace between the

                                    Soviet Union and Germany. The Pact was acually 

                                    created by the Soviets, put in orders by thier

 leader, Stalin. (Stalin's Purges)  After Germany signed the Pact the Germans and the Russians were at peace. Still afriad that the Germans would invade, the Soviets killed over 4,000 Polish officers in the Katyn Forest. "At the start of it when Germany had recently invaded Poland, the Russians were with the Germans, and the "Axis" side of the war, little after the germans betrayed the Soviets which made them turn to the British and Americans making them become Allies.       

Nazi-Soviet Pact...

     The Nazi-soviet Pact was created on August 23, 1939. "In the Nazi-Soviet Pact of August 23, 1939, a vehemently anti-communist Germany shocked the world by coming to to terms with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, a necessary premilinary to Adolf Hitler's (the leader of the Nazis...Life in Concentration Camps) imminent attack on Poland."(Gkrolik.) This Pact declared Peace between the two major countries involved in the war. Many citizens in Europe had theories that the Soviets had composed this Pact in order for the Germans not to invade Russia. later in the war the Germans would invade Russia inregarding the Pact, sending the Solviets from the (Axis) powers to the (Allies).      

 After finding the bodies, they were dug up and the bodies were inspected.

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