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	Polish 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Polish 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade (Polish 10 Brygada Kawalerii Pancernej, French 10e Brigade blindée polonaise) was an armoured unit of the Polish Army.
		On June 6, 10th Brigade had one tank battalion, two strong motorized cavalry squadrons, one anti-tank battery and one anit-aircraft battery.
		Many of Maczek's men, including the general himself, found their way to the United Kingdom, where a Polish armoured unit was recreated, while others joined the Polish and French resistance organizations in France and Belgium.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/10th_Armoured_Cavalry_Brigade (630 words)

	Legion Magazine :Our Polish Comrades - Part 29
		Polish soldiers arriving in England in the aftermath of the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940 were quickly dispatched to Scotland where they became a colourful and welcome part of the wartime scene.
		The Polish and Canadian advance to Trun was slowed by battle groups of the 85th, 21st and 12th SS divisions, which were busy holding the northern edge of the Falaise Pocket.
		This small force, one armoured regiment and an infantry battalion, had penetrated deep into the German rear areas where it was repeatedly attacked by Royal Air Force Spitfires and Typhoons whose pilots had been briefed to bomb and strafe all movement in an area known to be occupied by the enemy.
	www.legionmagazine.com /features/canadianmilitaryhistory/00-01.asp (2200 words)

	1939 Polish-Soviet War
		The problem ended in 1924 with the reorganisation of the cavalry arm, when the role of the mounted rifles was changed, and the regiments were organised as line cavalry and split into new units with the light horse and lancer regiments.
		From the original 10 brigades and the mounted rifle regiments were organised 4 cavalry divisions (1st Bialystok, 2nd Warszawa, 3rd Poznan, 4th Lwów) of 3 brigades each, each brigade being of 2 regiments, and 5 independent cavalry brigades (four of 3 regiments, one of 4 regiments), 17 brigades in all.
		During the spring of 1929, a new reorganisation of the cavalry was devised, and from 1929 to 1930, three of the four cavalry divisions were disbanded, and new brigades created of their regiments.
	info-poland.buffalo.edu /web/history/WWII/soviet/cached_1939.htm (3003 words)

	10TP - Polish cruiser tank prototype (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Despite the fact that in 1936 the vehicle design was not completely finished, it was included as a typical one, in the programme of Armoured Forces that was a part of a general project for the Polish Army growth and upgrade for the years 1936-1942.
		These were motorised brigades of the kind of the later 10th Motorised Cavalry Brigade or the Warsaw Armoured and Motorised Brigade.
		It was scheduled to build in total at least 64 cruiser tanks (without reserve ones) that were to be used to co-operate with cavalry in fulfilment of missions having a nature of an operational manoeuvre.
	www.geocities.com /pibwl/10tp.htm (2118 words)

	Polonica Douglas 10 Armd Cav Bde
		Units of the 10th Cavalry Brigade, including the Podhalanski (Highland) Rifle Battalion, 10th Mounted Rifles Rgt, the 24th Lancers as well as brigade support and services units were stationed here for a period in permanent tented camps before moving to the east coast of Scotland, to protect Scotland from invasion.
		The camp occupied by units of the 10th Brigade, 10th Mounted Rifles Regiment, the 24th Lancers and Podhalanska Rifle Battalion from late June to October 1940 is in an area steeped in the history of Scotland and Poland.
		The 10th Cavalry Brigade left the camp in October 1940 to participate in the defence of the Scottish coast in the Angus sector.
	www.ostrycharz.free-online.co.uk /PolonicaDouglas.html (962 words)

	Stanislaw Maczek -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Following the outbreak of World War I, Polish units were organized around the cities of (An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula) Krakow and Lwow, and young Maczek volunteered his services to the reborn units of the Polish Army.
		During the (additional info and facts about Battle of Normandy) Battle of Normandy, Polish troops took part in the encircling move against Nazi troops, and were credited with the closing of the (additional info and facts about Caen) Caen- (additional info and facts about Falaise) Falaise Gap, where 14 German divisions were trapped and destroyed.
		He is buried among his soldiers at the Polish military cementery in (additional info and facts about Breda) Breda, (A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1579; half the country lies below sea level) Holland.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/stanislaw_maczek.htm (528 words)

	Stanislaw Maczek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Following the outbreak of World War I, Polish units were organized around the cities of Krakow and Lwow, and young Maczek volunteered his services to the reborn units of thePolish Army.
		When Nazis invaded France in 1940, Gen. Maczek was given charge of the 10th Polish Armoured Cavalry Brigade, which fought bloody battles against the invaderon June 16 and 17, and scored importantvictories in the vicinity of Montbard, and on the Burgundy Canal.
		In February 1942, Gen. Maczek formed the 1stPolish Armoured Division which proved its worth during the 1944 invasion of Europe.During the Battle of Normandy, Polish troops took part in theencircling move against Nazi troops, and were credited with the closing of the Caen - Falaise Gap, where 14 German divisions were trapped and destroyed(see: Falaise.
	www.therfcc.org /stanislaw-maczek-207926.html (396 words)

	Polish_September_Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The '''Polish September Campaign''' or '''Defensive War of 1939''' (Polish: Wojna obronna 1939 roku) was the conquest of Poland by the armies of Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small contingent of Slovak forces during the Second World War.
		The Polish Army was fairly strong in numbers (~1 million soldiers), but much of it was not mobilised by the 1st September, as the Polish government, advised in this by the British and French governments, constantly hoped that the war could be resolved (at least for the time being) through diplomatic channels.
		Polish forces abandoned regions of Pomerania, Wielkopolska and Silesia in the first week of the campaign, after a series of battles known as the battle of the border.
	copernicus.subdomain.de /Polish_September_Campaign (7296 words)

	1st Polish Armoured Division - Famous Women (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The Polish 1st Armoured Division (Polish 1 Dywizja Pancerna) was an Allied military unit during World War II, created in February 1942 in Scotland.
		Hence the fighting was absolutely desperate and the 2nd Polish Armoured, 24th Polish Lancers and 10th Dragoons supported by the 8th and 9th Infantry Battalions took the brunt of German attacks trying to break free from the pocket.
		In early 1945 it was transferred to the province of Overijssel and started to push along with the Allies along the Dutch-German border, liberating the eastern parts of the provinces of Drenthe and Groningen with towns such as Emmen, Coevorden and Stadskanaal.
	www.famous.tc /Polish_1st_Armoured_Division.html (633 words)

	Nr.51 'I Marszałek' - Polish armoured train
		During the Polish Kiev Offensive, on 28 April 1920 near village Kotyuzhyntse, after being shot by the Polish 1st Battery of the 13th Kresowy field artillery regiment, the train was abandoned and captured by the Polish troops of the 50th Kresowy Rifle Regiment.
		The armoured section and armoured draisines were the combat section of the armoured train, while the auxiliary section was supporting the operation of the combat section from a logistical point of view and did not take part in combat duties directly.
		The assault wagon (Polish nomenclature) was intended for the transportation of an assault platoon.
	derela.republika.pl /marszal.htm (3330 words)

	Operation Monika
		After the fall of France and the evacuation of the BEF (including the Polish 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade) at Dunkirk, large groups from the Polish Army were left behind and demobilised in camps or escaped into Vichy.
		Adjudicate was to focus on the Polish Army left behind and to include the activities of Angelica, but also to include specific acts of sabotage and small raids on the direction of the British (SOE).
		The political role was fundamental in uniting the Polish émigrés and the organization also cared for families of killed or imprisoned Polish soldiers.
	www.polandinexile.com /exile4.htm (3199 words)

	Other Polish Vehicles
		H was used by the Warsaw Tank Brigade of the 2nd Corps in Italy during 1944.
		Polish ISU-152s were used in combat during the battles on Wal Pomorski (Baltic harbor), near Szczecin city, (old North Prussia), and in the Berlin Operation.
		Polish Army on the east (4.Pulk Czolgow Ciezkich z 1.Armii Wojska Polskiego) in Poland 1944.
	mailer.fsu.edu /~akirk/tanks/pol/OtherPolish.htm (3544 words)

	Polish Motorised Brigades of 1939
		This is a general order of battle of Polish 1939 motorised brigade, on the example of the 10th Cavalry Brigade.
		The commander was Colonel Stanislaw Maczek (later commander of the 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade in France in 1940, and finally of Polish 1st Armoured Division, fighting from Falaise to Wilhelmshaven in 1944-45.
		Cavalry Bde was probably the most effective Polish unit - and its combat career showed clearly, that a well-trained motorised unit (and with a good commander) is able to achieve much more than an infantry division or cavalry brigade, especially in a favour terrain and in defence.
	derela.republika.pl /brigades.htm (1084 words)

	Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Australian 10th Division The division was never fully formed, as losses from other units meant that its subsidiary units...
		Australian 1st Armoured Division The Australian 1st Armoured Division was raised from 1941 onwards as part of the World...
		British Guards Armoured Division The Guards Armoured Division was formed on 17 June 1941.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/division.html (5648 words)

	WarMuseum.ca - Polish 10th Mounted Rifles
		Raised as a cavalry squadron in 1918, the 10th Mounted Rifles served in the 1919 - 1920 war between Poland and Russia; the regiment's commemorative day of 29 April recalls an engagement of that conflict fought in 1919.
		As the divisional armoured reconnaissance unit it was frequently expected to provide support to the division's infantry as well as acting as a reconnaissance unit, that is seeking information on the enemy and terrain for the divisional commander.
		Today the 10th (Polish) Mounted Rifles are a part of the 11th (Polish) Armoured Division.
	www.warmuseum.ca /cwm/armwar/units/11spolisheng.html (250 words)

	The Life and Times of Jan Pirog, a Polish Soldier
		I was in Russia as a prisoner of war and was in the cavalry prior to that.
		The "Krzyz Walecznych" (Cross of Valour) is a Polish military decoration instituted in 1920; it was conferred up to four times to troops in the active service and, in exceptional cases, to civilians who co-operated with the military.
		Jan states that 8,000 Polish Military personnel were taken to the Siberian Gulag along with him, and only 2,000 were still alive when they arrived at their destination.
	www.freedominmessiah.com /jan_pirog.html (2323 words)

	Stanislaw (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Initially one of the founders of the Polish Socialist Party, he later left the party after a period with the Polish Peasants Party Piast.
		The organisation was accused by the Polish Communistic Soviet-backed regime of chauvinism and anti-Semitism.
		He was arrested by the Polish Secret Police in 1947 by and condemned by the court marshall to death.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/170/stanislaw.html (1596 words)

	Polish Leopard 2 delivery is major NATO milestone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Poland is transforming the brigade into an all-professional formation and is due to achieve initial operational capability by the end of 2004.
		The first joint live training involving German and Polish armoured battalions is scheduled for mid-November at Poland's Zagan training area.
		This Polish brigade now fills the role of the old 11th ACR in the Fulda Gap before reunification, should the Russians get "frisky" again.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/758743/posts (818 words)

	Blitzkrieg or Bewegungkrieg
		Most of the Polish armour was allocated in company or battalion strength to higher formations, but one all-arms mechanized formation, the 10th Cavalry Brigade, had been set up in 1039 with offensive operations in mind.
		The principal strength of the army lay in its thirty infantry divisions, adequately equipped with field and anti-tank artillery and numerous anti-tank rifles, and in its eleven mounted cavalry brigades.
		Far from predicting the German armoured thrust through the Ardennes, Lidell Hart specifically said in 1939 in his book The Defence of Britain that a large-scale movement through the Ardennes was not possible because of the terrain" Ibid.
	www.panzerworld.net /blitzkrieg.html (9232 words)

	HQ ARRC - Journal - December 2002
		On the 13th October 2002 the conclusion of the integration of 10 (PL) Armoured Cavalry Brigade into 7 (GE) Pz Div and the twinning arrangement between 10 (PL) Armd Cav Bde and 21 (GE) Panzerbrigade "Lipperland" took place in Sennelager Training Camp "Staumühle".
		He praised the performances of the Commander of the Brigade and stressed the Polish decision to purchase German equipment.
		Major Stefan Debicki (the Polish Staff officer in G3 Plans HQ ARRC) also invited to the ceremony by the side of COMARRC was obviously proud.
	www.arrc.nato.int /journal/december02/10pl.htm (407 words)

	SFOR Informer Online: Six nations, one mission
		The SRF is a multinational, professional force with a wide range of military capabilities including; light and airborne infantry, amphibious, air-mobile, armour, artillery and air attack capabilities.
		The 10th Mechanised Battalion is a part of the 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade stationed in Swietoszow.
		The main task was to prepare and conduct a Harvest operation, which involved collecting illegal weapons and ammunition in the area.
	www.nato.int /sfor/indexinf/148/p07a/t02p07a.htm (1058 words)

	Polish 1st Armoured Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		2nd Polish Armoured Regiment (2 pułk pancerny) - lt.col. S.
		10th Polish Dragoons Regiment (10 pułk dragonów zmotoryzowanych) - lt.col. Władysław Zgorzelski
		Breda (Van Slobbe), giving a welcome speech to the 1st Armoured Division which liberated Breda.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/P/Polish-1st-Armoured-Division.htm (758 words)

	Polish Leopard 2 delivery is major NATO milestone - Jane's Defence News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Polish Leopard 2 delivery is major NATO milestone - Jane's Defence News
		Polish Leopard 2 delivery is major NATO milestone
		Poland's 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade accepts the first 15 Leopard 2A4 MBTs being transferred from Germany
	www.janes.com /defence/land_forces/news/jdw/jdw020927_1_n.shtml (366 words)

	Republique
		Brigade Dejean - 1 base armoured cavalry (11th Cuirassiers)
		Brigade Delagrange - 1 base armoured cavalry (12th Cuirassiers)
		Brigade Lepel -2 bases armoured cavalry (1st and 2nd Westphalian Cuirassiers)
	www.wtj.com /games/beta/republique/docu_ob_borodino_fr.htm (904 words)

	Frugal's World of Simulations - News: Polish Leopard 2 delivery is major NATO milestone
		Germany will provide training for about 490 Polish crew members and maintenance personnel.
		The 10th (Lt Gen Stanislaw Maczek) Armoured Cavalry Brigade received the following during a ceremony at its Swietoszow barracks: 15 Leopard 2A4s; 10 UNIMOG (universal motorised vehicle) 1300Ls for company maintenance personnel; and 30 Mercedes-Benz 1170 vehicles for the brigade's logistics battalion.
		The brigade is assigned to Germany's 7th Armoured Division, which is allocated to NATO's Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC).
	forums.frugalsworld.com /vbb/printthread.php?t=30469 (239 words)

	Scottish Military History Discussion Forum
		For a more exact note of Polish Units involved, if you have access to the PRO or have someone who can do it for you, a look in the series Weeky/Monthly returns on the strength of the British Army (Scottish Command)will tell you who was stationed at camp 21.
		Each MG Coy took its numerical title from the Brigade to which it was attached.
		1st,2nd, 4th,5th,6th,7th,8th,9th and 10th all in France (Plus the 48th Highlanders of Canada a sister Regt) Another sister regt, The London Scottish were also in France in fact the 1st Territorial Battalion to land in France.
	www.network54.com /Forum/6243/viewall-page-13 (6429 words)

	1st Polish Armoured Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The Polish 1st Armored Division remained constantly understrength even with an establishment somewhat reduced from the British norm.
		The division twice suffered serious bombings by Allied aircraft, took heavy losses at Falaise, spent the winter of ’44-’45 in a quiet sector of the Netherlands, and ended the war at Wilhelmshaven where it was joined by the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade.
		; 10th Polish Armoured Cavalry Brigade (formerly 10th Mechanized) :
	www.portaljuice.com /1st_polish_armoured_division.html (92 words)

	Encyclopedia: Stanislaw-Maczek
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		After the end of the September campaing he made it to France, where he prepared a detailed report of the Blitzkrieg tactics, its usage, effectiveness and possible precautions.
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Stanislaw_Maczek (508 words)

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