Western Ukraine Prior To World War II
Most of the territory (western Ukraine) belonged to Poland before the World War II. Some territories such as Bucovina and Subcarpathian Rus belonged to Romania and Czechoslovakia, respectively. During the war the western Ukraine at first became part of the Soviet Union (passed to the Ukrainian SSR) and Hungary, but after the invasion of the Soviet Union by the Nazi Germany, it became incorporated into one of territories of the Third Reich mostly as the General Governorate, while its northern regions (Volhynia) were left after the Reichskommissariat Ukraine and Bucovina was returned to Romania.
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