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Germany and
the Soviet Union signed a boundary and friendship treaty that
formally divided Poland, giving the Germans control over the area
generally west of the Bug River. The occupying governments said the
partition was necessary “after the disintegration of the former
Polish state” and that Moscow and Berlin “consider[ed] it their
task to restore law and order in this region.”
Germany
obtained nearly 73,000 square miles of Polish territory, including
nearly 2 million Jews who lived there, and Russia obtained 78,000
square miles. The Russians included the Baltic states: Lithuania,
Latvia and Estonia in their sphere of influence. The countries also
signed an economic agreement that extended their previous trade
pact.
Poland
surrendered to Germany on October 5. The last regiments of its armed
forces surrendered in the Radzyn-Kock vicinity. Out of 800,000
Polish troops, 694,000 were taken prisoner by the Germans; the
remainder perished, returned to their homes, or fled to Romania or
Hungary. German military losses in the campaign were 13,111 killed
and missing, and 27,278 wounded.
Russia,
which achieved its gains by invading an overwhelmed Poland, lost
only 737 men in the brief conflict.
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