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In Congress Poland, the Virtuti Militari medal was renamed the "Polish Military Medal" (Medal Wojskowy Polski). [2] Both the statutes of Virtuti Militari and privileges granted to recipients were preserved. A special commission was created to award the Virtuti Militari to veterans of the Napoleonic campaigns of 1812, 1813, and 1814.
4.5 in/7.2 in Rocket artillery United States: T40 Whizbang: 180 mm (7.2 in) Rocket artillery United States: Field artillery 75 mm gun M2/M3/M6: 75 mm (2.95 in) Field gun United States: Copy of a British weapon QF 2.95-inch mountain gun: 75 mm (2.95 in) Mountain gun United Kingdom: Used in the Philippines: M116 howitzer: 75 mm (2.95 in) Pack ...
Józef Piłsudski in a Polish Legions' maciejówka. Maciejówka (literally "Maciej's cap") is a type of headgear popular in late 19th and early 20th century Poland.It is a round, soft cap made of cloth, with a short hardened peak, usually made of black or brown leather, often adorned with a decorative rope or braid.
World War II began in Europe on 1 September 1939 [1] [2] with the German invasion of Poland and the United Kingdom and France's declaration of war on Germany two days later on 3 September 1939. Dates for the beginning of the Pacific War include the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] or the earlier Japanese ...
[2] In May 1919, a "mixed commission" was established in Białystok to select a site for a military cemetery , consisting of city officials with the temporary president Józef Karol Puchalski , military authorities, and several Białystok doctors.
Military Institute of Armament Technology (Polish: Wojskowy Instytut Techniczny Uzbrojenia; WITU) is a Polish scientific institution responsible for the research and development of new technologies for use by the military. It is based in Zielonka at the outskirts of Warsaw.
Former railway station at Muna where POVs were arriving and from where Sudeten Germans were transferred out of Czechoslovakia. The Muna site is a former POW camp from World War II, ammunition factory and storage plant in the territory of Mikulovice in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic, close to the Czech-Polish border.
On 3 September 1939, the Polish tanks, attacking along Krzeczów W - Skomielna W road, twice repelled the infantry of the 2nd Panzer Division, which was attacking the flank of the 10th Mounted Rifle Rgt. The second unit to use Vickers tanks was the 12th Light Tank Company of the Warsaw Armoured-Motorized Brigade (WBP-M).