Operacja "Wisła" w świetle współczesnych regulaminów walki

Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie głównych sposobów prowadzenia operacji przeciw oddziałom ukraińskich nacjonalistów w trakcie operacji „Wisła”. Jest to o tyle istotna kwestia, że w wielu publikacjach pojawiają się „autorskie” sugestie pisane z perspektywy 70 lat, w jaki sposób należało przeprowadzić w 1947 roku walkę z UPA i jak ograniczyć straty wśród ludności cywilnej bez wysiedlania mieszkańców terenów objętych działaniami zbrojnymi. Często w tych dywagacjach ignoruje się zasady sztuki operacyjnej i konieczność podporządkowania się decyzjom politycznym i rozkazom dowództwa Grupy Operacyjnej „Wisła”

In the ongoing debate on "Operation Vistula” for years, there is no adequate attention paid to the importance of terminology. It is still very common to use the term "Operation Vistula" in the description of the activities of the operational group "Vistula", suggesting that its main purpose was the resettlement of the Ukrainian population from the southeastern part of Poland. In fact, the primary task of the military operation was the destruction of the UPA troops, and the resettlement action was only treated as an element of aid and support for the State Repatriation Office. Henceforth, when talking about the activities of the operational group "Vistula", it is necessary to speak about “Operation Vistula", and in relation to the resettlement of the Ukrainian people one should speak about resettlement within the framework of the aforementioned operation. The purpose of the article is to present the main means of conducting operations against branches of Ukrainian nationalists during “Operation Vistula”. This is a significant issue since many contemporary authors try to formulate suggestions from a perspective of 70 years, how the fight against the UPA had to be carried out in 1947 and how to reduce civilian losses without resettlement of the residents of the areas when battles were waged. Often in these divagations the principles of operational art which then dominated in the military and the necessity of compliance with the political decisions and orders from operational group “Vistula” are neglected as far the ways of combating the Ukrainian nationalists are concerned.