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	Poland in Exile - The Polish Army in Great Britain
		The 1st Grenadier Division in Alsace formed part of the French 20th Corps and while the French army crumbled with troops simply walking away from the fight, the Poles fought dozens of rear-guard battles in the Moselle area around Diesen on the German border and Lagarde and Raon-L’Etape to the east of Nancy.
		By July 1940 remnants of the Polish Army were being assembled and reorganized in the Glasgow area as the 1st Polish Army Corps under the command of General Marian Kukiel.
		The Polish 1st Division’s role was to be in later stages of the invasion to support the build up sufficient strength in the bridgehead behind the beaches to allow the breakout and push for the strategic city of Caen.
	www.polandinexile.com /polisharmy.html (3104 words)

	Magdeburg Sting 1936 - Part III (documents)
		Polska Organizacja Wojskowa (POW, Polish for Polish Military Organisation) was a secret military union created by Józef Piłsudski in November of 1914, during the WW I. The PMO was founded in November of 1914 as a merger of two previously-existing youth para-military organisations: the Druzyny Strzeleckie and the Zwiazek Strzelecki.
		Finally, the PMO was the core of Polish defences of the city of Lwów in the Battle of Lwów against the attacking forces of the Western Ukrainian People's Republic (roughly 400 members in the initial phase of the struggle).
		In 1912 Rydz was one of the founders of the Polish paramilitary organisation Riflemen's Association (Zwiazek Strzelecki).
	www.minelinks.com /war/cavalry_doc1.html (2497 words)

	(Chapter 1)
		The Polish Air Force in France consisted of two fighter squadrons, with a further two in training but when the Germans invaded France, the French collapse was as swift as the Polish one and, some might argue, less creditable.
		The Polish Independent Parachute Brigade under General Sosabowski had wanted to parachute into Poland to help the ill-fated rising in Warsaw that had broken out on the 1st August, 1944, but were dropped instead at Arnhem as part of operation "Market-Garden" to fight alongside the British 1st Airborne Division and to suffer the same defeat.
		Polish submarines patrolled the North Sea and the Mediterranean; Polish warships served in the Atlantic and Murmansk convoys; the Polish Navy saw service in the Narvik campaign, the Dunkirk evacuation, the assault on Dieppe, hunting the Bismark, the invasion of Sicily and the invasion of France on D-Day.
	www.angelfire.com /ok2/polisharmy/chapter1.html (4118 words)

	Battle Of Warsaw
		The assault was directed against the positions of the Soviet 5th and 6th Rifle Divisions from the 3rd Army defending the town of Grodno.
		The 27th Rifle Division from the reserve was moved in the direction of Wolkowysk along with the 56 Infantry Brigade, which was withdrawn from the front at Grodno.
		The Soviet 5th Rifle Division was given the task of screening the movement from the direction of Grodno, while the 2nd and 21st divisions were responsible for Druskienniki.
	www.hetmanusa.org /niemnem2.htm (4826 words)

	Magdeburg Sting 1936 - Part V
		Polish 1st Army was defeated and started a retreat towards Molodeczno, pursued by the 15th army which recaptured territories between Dzwina and Berezyna.
		The area was defended by the Polish 44th Kresy Rifle Regiment, 16th Uhlan Regiment, elements of the 1st Uhlan Regiment, and the 7th Mounted Artillery Group.
		The Polish defenders formed strong pockets of resistance in the villages - a tactic that had shown itself to be superior to an attempted defense of an entire frontline.
	www.minelinks.com /war/going_there.html (2062 words)

	2nd Korpus
		Meanwhile, Polish refugees, reinforced by Polish volunteers from all over the world, had already fought valiantly in the armies at Narvik, in France in 1940, in the Western Desert and, in the air, in the Battle of Britain.
		The 3rd Carpathian Division was formed in Middle East from smaller Polish units fighting in Egypt and Tobruk, as well as the Polish Army in the East that was evacuated from the USSR through the Persian Corridor.
		It was primarily consisted of the 3rd Carpthian Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Carpthian Division and the 4th Wolyn Infantry Brigade of the 5th Frontier Infantry Division.
	www.polishsoldier.co.uk /2ndcorpus.htm (1369 words)

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		The country was forced to reduce the Polish Army to 10 000 soldiers and when Kościuszko finally returned home in 1774, there was no place for him in the armed forces and he began to tutor Ludwika Sosnowska, the daughter of a General.
		The Polish Army was too weak to oppose the enemy advancing in the Ukraine and withdrew to the western side of the Bug river, where it regrouped and counter-attacked.
		He remained an active politician in the circles of the Polish emigrants in France and in 1799 he was one of the founding members of the Society of Polish Republicans.
	www.angelfire.com /scifi2/rsolecki/tadeusz_kosciuszko.html (2720 words)

	Combat Mission: Afrika Korps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In the meantime, some Polish troops had already been fighting under British command; an Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade fought at Tobruk and in the Western Desert, and with units newly arrived from the Soviet Union became the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division.
		The 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division began landing at Taranto in December 1943, and by April 1944, the remainder of the Polish forces had moved from Egypt to Italy by way of Taranto, Bari and Naples.
		The divisions were otherwise organized as standard British infantry divisions, with three regiments of field artillery, an anti-tank regiment, a light anti-aircraft regiment, and standard divisional services.
	members.shaw.ca /madorosh/orgpolish.htm (474 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.
		The 2nd Cavalry Division in Warsaw remained in existence because the divisional commander, general B. Wieniawa-D³ugoszowski, was a favourite aide de camp of Pilsudski from the WWI years and was one of his favourite officers after the war.
	info-poland.buffalo.edu /web/history/WWII/soviet/cached_1939.htm (3003 words)

	6 PDPD
		The 6th traces its history to the 6th Infantry Division, which was formed in 1944 and fought as a component of the Polish 1st Army, alongside the Red Army, during the final stages of the war.
		During the Warsaw Pact era, the division was intended to operate as a component of the Polish Front whose objective would be the capture of Denmark.
		As a result, several of the division's support units (artillery, assault gun, and anti-aircraft battalions, which comprised the second, air-landing echelon of the division) and the 33rd Reserve Assault Battalion were either eliminated or significantly reduced.
	www.geocities.com /pmj6/6pdpd.htm (2362 words)

	Short summary of Polish armed forces 1940-45
		The other story is the fate of tens of thousands of Polish soldiers and citizens captured in 1939 by the Soviets, or just deported from the captured Polish territory to somewhere towards East in 1939-41 (more than 1 million people).
		The Polish Corps took part in the fourth stage of the battle, and its aim was to assault Cassino monastery directly.
		Polish units kept the gap for a few days, against fierce assaults of German armoured units, attempting to break through.
	derela.republika.pl /polish.htm (1915 words)

	The Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro
		The British rifle battalions were armed with the Baker rifle, a more accurate weapon but slower to fire, and a sword bayonet.
		On 5th May 1811, a large force of French cavalry crossed the Don Casas on the extreme right flank and drove the Spanish from the hill.
		Once the Light Division had reached the high ground, Wellington’s flank was secure, with the Seventh Division on the right and the British line resting on Fuentes de Oñoro to the left.
	www.britishbattles.com /peninsula/fuentes.htm (2334 words)

	MNCI Photo Album (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Polish Soldiers from the civil-military cooperation group of Multi-National Corps - Iraq's Multi-National Division - Central South join their Iraqi counterparts from the 8th Iraqi Army Division in unloading medical supplies donated to the division in Diwaniyah, Iraq.
		Polish and Iraqi soldiers look over 10 Scorpion light armored patrolling vehicles which were donated by Multi-National Corps - Iraq's Multi-National Division - Central South to a military police company from the 8th Iraqi Army Division.
		Polish Soldiers refuel and clean a Polish army MI-24 Hind helicopter during a brief stopover during their mission of carrying passengers from the Multi-National Division - Central South to a meeting with Iraqi army forces at Camp Zulu, Iraq.
	www.mnci.centcom.mil /images/OIFalbum/default.htm (4529 words)

	The Battle of Kursk
		At the same time at Butovo the Soviet 199th Guards Rifle Regiment were attacked by 3rd Battalion Panzer Grenadier Regiment in torrential rain and the high ground around Butovo was taken by 11th Panzer Division.
		The 5th Guards Tank Army were situated to the east of the town of Prokhorovka and were preparing a counter attack of their own when II SS Panzer Korps arrived and an intense struggle ensued with elements of the 5th Guards Army being deployed to halt the advance.
		The defeat of the Afrika Korps meant that the invasion of Sicily was imminent and units that were badly needed on the eastern front would have to be transferred to the western front to bolster the defenses in Italy.
	zhukov.mitsi.com /Kursk.htm (2069 words)

	Units of the Polish Army in France, Haller Army, Blue Army
		The Polish units did not initially serve as an independent force, instead they were directly under French command as a part of the F0urth French Army commanded by General Gourand.
		The 2nd Polish Infantry Regiment was organized at Mayenne and a third at Mailly.
		The First Division of Polish Infantry was created under French General Vidalon in the spring of 1918.
	www.hallersarmy.com /Units.php (1194 words)

	EUROPEAN MILITARY RECORDS - Genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Persons who fought in Polish units in the First World War, the 1918-21 War and the Second World War who live or lived outside Poland (USA, Canada and France especially) were often members of this Association.
		WW II Polish Exile records are maintained by the Sikorski Institute.
		Anyone with POLISH, LITHUANIAN, UKRAINIAN, RUSSIAN or PRUSSIAN ancestry can request a search of the original documents relevant to the Polish, Lithuanian and Russian refugees who had fought in the Polish Revolution of 1830-1831 and who chose to emigrate to America rather that accept the "amnesty" offered by the Czar of Russia.
	maxpages.com /poland/Military_Records_Europe - !http://maxpages.com/poland/Military_Records_Europe (954 words)

	Axis reenactment groups and organisations
		Hermann Göring Division LHS is a WWII re-enactment group which consists of like minded people from every walk of life who have a common interest in the air arm of The Wehrmact, which was in active service from 1939-1945.
		The SBG portrays Grenadiers of the 1.SS.Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler.
		This division was chosen because not only was it Germany's elite fighting formation but it also fought on every major front in W.W.II (excluding North Africa) making participation of this unit at any W.W. II event historically acceptable.
	www.panzergrenadier.net /reenactmentgroups.php (2379 words)

	Units & Organizations: US (Main Menu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The 5th Army bore the brunt of many of the battles as the British 8th Army was tired from fighting in North Africa.
		The 36th Division was one of the divisions that landed in Italy at Salerno.
		The 92nd Buffalo Division was an all-fl infantry division that was positioned along the west coast of Italy late in 1944.
	members.aol.com /Custermen85/Units/AlliesOrg.htm (3515 words)

	Untitled Document
		was formed on Soviet soil and was composed of Polish people, who were exiled to, and imprisoned in, various gulags and work camps located within the U.S.S.R. The Poles were released from imprisonment after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June of 1941.
		You can read about his personal point of view about these events: deportations to Siberia, conditions in exile and eventual transfer to the British 8th Army in the Web Site called, "My Father's Story." Many Polish People have gone through similar such experiences and this particular web page is devoted to them all.
		The 2nd Polish Corps (as of March 29, 1944).
	www.battleofmontecassino.com /pole2.htm (259 words)

	POLISH ARMY LANCE PENNONS
		The interwar Polish Army included 40 regiments of cavalry, all armed in whole or in part with the lance.
		The cavalry regiments were to be reorganized as motorized infantry (though retaining their cavalry titles), the support units were to be motorized, and the brigade would also include an armored battalion, a mechanized reconnaissance battalion and a motorized antitank battalion.
		Its units took on the identities of various regiments and corps of the interwar army, including the 10th Mounted Rifles and the 24th Lancers of the Polish 1st Armored Division in Britain.
	tmg110.tripod.com /poland2.htm (492 words)

	The Battle of Albuera
		He placed the Portuguese Division on the left, the British 2nd Division immediately above Albuera, supported by the 4th Division, and the Spanish army on the right.
		The brigades of the 4th Division were brought to the right flank in place of the Spanish.
		Portuguese Brigade: commanded by Colonel Otway: 1st and 7th Portuguese Dragoons, 1 Sqn of 5th and 8th Portuguese Dragoons.
	www.britishbattles.com /peninsula/Albuera.htm (2085 words)

	Battlefront - Producers of fine metal and resin miniatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		A counter-attack by the 16th Panzer Division was just beaten off on the first day, and the British and US landing zones were not able to join hands until the second day.
		In the meantime the US 5th Army, under the command of General Mark Clark, fought it’s way across the Volturno by mid October and ran into the formidable defences of the Gustav Line.
		Soon the divisions of the 5th and 8th Armies are racing across northern Italy, capturing La Spezia, Genoa and Venice by the end of the month.
	www.battlefront.co.nz /Article.asp?ArticleID=1222 (2095 words)

	Aleksandr Kolchak Summary
		But as the spring thaw arrived Kolchak's position degenerated – his armies had outrun their supply lines, they were exhausted and the Red Army was pouring newly raised troops into the area.
		Kolchak had also aroused the dislike of potential allies including the Czech Legion and the Polish 5th Rifle Division.
		They withdrew from the conflict in October 1918 but remained a presence, their new leader Maurice Janin regarded Kolchak as an instrument of the British and was pro-SR.
	www.bookrags.com /Aleksandr_Kolchak (2559 words)

	Polish, Militaria at Collectibls On Sale
		Nail polish, substances used to decorate finger nails; Shoe polish, the substances involved in or the act of polishing shoes;
		Polish poland silver medal Cross of Janek Krasicki Zsmp $9.99
		Polish poland brown Cross of Merit Prl medal 3 class $1.00
	www.collectibles-onsale.com /polish.htm (717 words)

	Fire and Fury Games' Battlefront: Pless
		Having driven in the outlying enemy defenses on 1 September, the German 5th Panzer Division unleashed its armor in an attempt break into the Polish rear.
		Elements of the Polish 6th Infantry Division, supported by part of the 21st Highland Division, are dug in to block the way.
		Control is defined as being the last player to have a unit move into or through the point.
	www.fireandfury.com /extra/scen4.shtml (444 words)

	Amazon.com: "Rifle Division": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		9 1St Rifle Division (I) 1st Formation There is conflicting information as to when the Division was formed.
		Yury Mikhailovich Maximov of the 127th Rifle Division, 59...
		and Ordubad, impose martial law, and assist in the formation and functioning of local soviets.44 The commander of the 32d Rifle Division, General Steiger,...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Rifle-Division (507 words)

	Russian Civil War
		Most of the fighting in this first period was sporadic, involving only small groups amid a fluid and rapidly shifting strategic scene.
		Among the antagonists were the Czech-Slovaks, known simply as the Czech Legion or White Czechs (????????, Byelochekhi), the Poles of the Polish 5th Rifle Division and the pro-Bolshevik Red Latvian riflemen (???????
		Lenin was surprised by the outbreak of civil war and initially underestimated the extent of the forces that rose against his new government.
	www.tagate.com /wars/page/russia.shtml (1580 words)

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