2nd Polish Corps-15th Infantry Reg. "Wilków"

An accumulation of photos and articles found while researching my father's regiment

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Jozef Beck died while interned in Stanesti, Romania on 5 June 1944. He was the last Foreign Minister, of the Second Polish Republic, to serve in Poland itself before the state's collapse in September 1939.

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United States – In honor of a Polish soldier. General Haller presented General Sikorski with the Cincinnata Medal, an American gift to the Military Museum to commemorate Kosciuszko’s achievements.

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Published in 1932 Map of population density in Poland
Sensational results from the latest census in Poland

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June 1944- A large black cross, made from Bailey bridge components, was erected on the hill 575 only weeks after the battle at Monte Cassino.

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@HistoryUnter A good time of the year to avoid the heat and the tourists!

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1944 ITALY The operations of II Polish Army Corps on the Adriatic Coast

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1945 General Anders: The Polish 3-Kiss Protocol was generally reserved for senior officers, fellow Generals, or important ceremonial events. The standard military greeting was, and has remained, a salute or handshake.

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June 1943 Polish Wellington ground crew RAF Hemswell

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23 May 1970 The funeral of General Wladyslaw Anders at Monte Cassino

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Register of Polish War Graves in Scotland
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ROME- Unveiled: 19 December 1937 Sculptor: Henryk Kuna Inscription (Italian): “Colui che ha restituito alla Polonia il suo posto nel mondo” (roughly: “He who restored Poland’s place in the world”) During WW2 Polish soldiers and Generals visited the marble bust of Pilsudski.

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"Germany's losses in Europe under the Peace Treaty: A map showing her old frontiers and the cessions of territory now demanded by the allies"

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After settling in Canada in late 1944, Gen Sosnkowski was barred from travel to the U.S. and Britain for several years. On May 20, 1946, during Gen. Bor-Komorowski's visit to the United States, Gen. Sosnkowski proposed a meeting at Niagara Falls.

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"The Union Jack and the Polish flag flying side by side on the jagged remains of walls, once the historic Benedictine abbey and Monastery of Cassino, after its capture"

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The Poles did not like the British Army's "Eighth Army News" because it usually described the successes of Polish soldiers in far too few words... "The final assault on the town was carried out by British troops while Polish troops took the monastery"

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19 May 1944 Troops of the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Carpathian Rifles Division on sentinel duty among the ruins of the Monte Cassino Abbey

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18 May 1944 Monte Cassino

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Monte Cassino

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@Stach83092936 Thank you!

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Kazimierz Budziński prays at the grave of 1st Lieutenant Jan Jurkowski of the 15th Wilno Rifle Battalion “Wilków.” Jurkowski was 31 years old. Between 11 and 17 May 1944, more than 100 soldiers from the “Wilków” Battalion were killed during the battle of Battle of Monte Cassino.