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==Post–World War II== {{main article|Recovered Territories}} [[File:Skute anpisy.JPG|thumb|175px|Gravestone with removed German inscriptions on a cemetery in [[Gliwice]]. Also visible is the changing of the name Karl into the Polish Karol]] During [[Operation Vistula]] of 1947, the Soviet-controlled Polish communist authorities removed the support base for the still active in that area [[Ukrainian Insurgent Army]] by forcibly resettling about 141,000 civilians residing around [[Bieszczady Mountains|Bieszczady]] and [[Low Beskids]] to northern areas of the so-called [[Recovered Territories]] awarded by [[Allies of World War II|the Allies]] to Poland in the post-war settlement. The farmers received financial help from the Polish government and took over homes and farms left behind by the displaced Germans, in most cases improving their living conditions due to the increased size of the newly reassigned properties, brick buildings, and running water.<ref name="Palski2008"/> Dr Zbigniew Palski from IPN explains that an identical operation was performed in Ukraine by the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]] at exactly the same time. It was dubbed Operation West. Both operations were coordinated from Moscow; however, there was a shocking difference between their outcomes.<ref name="Palski2008">{{cite book | url=http://www.ipn.gov.pl/download.php?s=1&id=16410 | title=Operacja Wisła: komunistyczna akcja represyjna, czy obrona konieczna Rzeczypospolitej? | publisher=Nasz Dziennik, [[Institute of National Remembrance]] | work=Dodatek historyczny IPN Nr. 5/2008 (12) | date=30 May 2008 | access-date=12 July 2015 | author=Dr Zbigniew Palski | at=pp. 6–7 (3–4 in PDF) | url-status=bot: unknown | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229100110/http://www.ipn.gov.pl/download.php?s=1&id=16410 | archive-date=29 December 2016 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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