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Pratulin
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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.
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