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Polish casualties of World War II (8 C, 4 P) Polish collaborators with Nazi Germany (4 C, 29 P) F. Polish World War II forced labourers (7 P) M.
Pages in category "Polish military personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 346 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Anders' Army was the informal yet common name of the Polish Armed Forces in the East in the 1941–42 period, in recognition of its commander Władysław Anders. The army was created in the Soviet Union but, in March 1942, based on an understanding between the British, Polish, and Soviets, it was evacuated from the Soviet Union and made its way ...
Pages in category "Polish civilians killed in World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 245 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Tadeusz Piotrowski, Professor of Sociology at the University of New Hampshire has provided a reassessment of Poland's losses in World War II. Polish war dead included 5,150,000 victims of Nazi crimes against ethnic Poles and the Holocaust, the treatment of Polish citizens by occupiers included 350,000 deaths during the Soviet occupation in 1940 ...
The people listed below are, or were, the last surviving members of notable groups of World War II veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II between 1939 and 1945. Background shading indicates the individual is still living Last survivors Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance Aimé Acton 1917 or 1918 13 December 2020 (aged 102) Last ...
For Polish military personnel awarded for long service in the Polish armed forces 1951. Ministry of Defence award since 2008. Medal of Merit for National Defence Medal Za Zaslugi dla Obronnosci Kraju: Presented to Polish military personnel and civilian employees for meritorious activities to strengthen military power of the country.
Most of them were civilian victims of the war crimes and the crimes against humanity which Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union committed during their occupation of Poland. Approximately half of them were Polish Jews who were killed in The Holocaust. Statistics for Polish casualties during World War II are divergent and contradictory. This article ...