2nd Polish Corps-15th Infantry Reg. "Wilków"
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An accumulation of photos and articles found while researching my father's regiment
"Monte Cassino May 1944 -The Hejnał bugle call at the top of the conquered monastery"
1944 "Flag above an anti-aircraft position on a Polish merchant ship"
22 July 1940 "Gen. Sikorski, accompanied by British Gen. Ismay, leaving Prime Minister Churchill's residence on Downing Street after the first meeting in regards to the evacuated Polish troops from France." Ambassador Raczynski following.
British Eighth Army News -July 24, 1944 "GEN-SOSNKOWSKI On Ancona Victory" "The Battel of Ancona...has been brought to a victorious conclusion by the 2nd Polish Corps."
"At the beaches of Arromanches and Graye/Courseulles, at the end of July 1944, 16,000 soldiers and 400 tanks landed. The Polish 1st Armoured Division, led by General Stanisław Maczek" "For our freedom and yours"
18 July 1945 MONTE CASSINO-the unveiling and consecration of the monument to the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division
"Photographed at Okecie airfield near Warsaw in early 1939. No. 303 Squadron carried on the 111th Escadrille's traditions."
End 1939 to June 1940-" Apart from a few old , often failing tanks, the French did not give the Poles any equipment and weapons. Wooden sticks were used during excercise-the thicker ones imitating heavy machine-guns, the thinner ones-light machine-guns"
" Poles in Italy get Warning on Warsaw Treachery" (July 14, 1945-Union Jack or British 8th News)
Władysław Sikorski (1881-1943)
June-July 1944 Montefano, Italy
"Just as this issue of 'Parada' was going to press, we received news of the tragic death of Commander-in-Chief Gen. W. Sikorski and his companions. Gen. Sikorski died in a plane crash while on official duty, falling at his post as a soldier in the service of his country & nation.
"National mourning after the death of General Sikorski The President ordered two weeks of mourning. Flags on buildings occupied by Polish institutions are flying at half-mast."
Gustaw Herling-Grudziński May 20, 1919 − July 4, 2000
June 1943 General Anders and General Sikorski in the Middle East. Just a few weeks later, General Sikorski perished.
"The flag with the White Eagle flies on the masts of Polish ships. Polish destroyer ready for action on the Atlantic."
