Pratulin

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Pratulin
—  Village  —
Pratulin is located in Poland
Pratulin
Coordinates: 52°10′N 23°26′E / 52.167°N 23.433°E / 52.167; 23.433
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lublin
County Biała Podlaska County
Gmina Rokitno

Pratulin [praˈtulin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rokitno, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.[1]

During "Operation Barbarossa" this forest was a staging point for the German 17th Panzer Division. At 3:30am on June 22nd, 1941 German Panzer and motorized troops decamped from this area, crossing the Bug river and attacking Soviet occupied Eastern Poland.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa. 
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Coordinates: 52°10′N 23°26′E / 52.167°N 23.433°E / 52.167; 23.433

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