Operation Keelhaul was the code-name given to the forced “repatriation” of millions of Soviet and non-Soviet citizens to the USSR between the years 1944 and 1947 (if not beyond). At least three major Western powers were responsible for this crime against humanity – Britain, the United States, and France – with others (Canada?) potentially also taking part.
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