Repatriation of Cossacks After World War II - Terminology

Terminology

Andrew Roberts has referred to these events as the Betrayal of the Cossacks. General Poliakov and Colonel Chereshneff referred to it as the Massacre of Cossacks at Lienz. Another term used is the Tragedy of the Drau.

Operation Keelhaul is a specific repatriation operation whose name was later used to refer to the entirety of these events.