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Mine countermeasure ships (3) Kormoran 2 class: 3 Poland: Minehunter ORP Jaskółka 604 2026/27 850 tonnes [26] Homeport: Świnoujście. ORP Rybitwa 605 2026/27 ORP Czajka 606 2026/27 Signal intelligence (2) Delfin-class: 2 Poland Sweden: Illustration. Reconnaissance ship ORP Jerzy Różycki: TBA 2027 2,200 tonnes [27] [28] Homeport: Gdynia ...
The first Polish Military Intelligence after World War II was the Second Section of General Staff of the Polish People's Army (Oddział II Sztabu Generalnego Ludowego Wojska Polskiego, or Odział II Szt Gen LWP) and bore the same name as its precursor from before the war. Odział II Szt Gen WP was established on July 18, 1945, but its origins ...
Victorious. (R38) HMS Victorious was the third Illustrious -class aircraft carrier after Illustrious and Formidable. Ordered under the 1936 Naval Programme, she was laid down at the Vickers-Armstrong shipyard at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1937 and launched two years later in 1939. Her commissioning was delayed until 1941 due to the greater need for ...
Military history of Poland during World War II. In World War II, the Polish armed forces were the fourth largest Allied forces in Europe, after those of the Soviet Union, United States, and Britain. [a] [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Poles made substantial contributions to the Allied effort throughout the war, fighting on land, sea, and in the air.
The Polish Navy has its roots in naval vessels that were largely employed on Poland's main rivers in defense of trade and commerce. During the Thirteen Years' War (1454–66), a small force of ships that primarily operated on rivers and lakes saw real open sea battles for the first time. At the Battle of Vistula Lagoon, a combined fleet of the ...
The Polish Underground State (Polish: Polskie Państwo Podziemne, also known as the Polish Secret State) [a] was a single political and military entity formed by the union of resistance organizations in occupied Poland that were loyal to the Government of the Republic of Poland in exile in London. The first elements of the Underground State ...
Witold Pilecki (13 May 1901 – 25 May 1948; Polish: [ˈvitɔlt piˈlɛt͡skʲi] ⓘ; codenames Roman Jezierski, Tomasz Serafiński, Druh, Witold[1]) was a Polish World War II cavalry officer, intelligence agent, and resistance leader. As a youth, Pilecki joined Polish underground scouting; in the aftermath of World War I, he joined the Polish ...
ORP Błyskawica, Gdynia 2016. ORP Błyskawica (Polish for Lightning) is a Grom -class destroyer which served in the Polish Navy during World War II. She is the only Polish Navy ship to have been decorated with the Virtuti Militari, Poland's highest military order for gallantry, and in 2012 was given the Pro Memoria Medal.