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The 2nd (Warsaw) Armoured Brigade (Polish: 2 Warszawska Brygada Pancerna) was an armoured brigade of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II that existed from 1942 to 1945. From 1945 to 1947 it was redesignated as the 2nd Warsaw Armoured Division. The unit was the armoured wing of the 2nd (Polish) Corps. The state of the brigade ...
The 2nd Polish Corps (Polish: 2 Korpus Polski), 1943–1947, was a major tactical and operational unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II. It was commanded by Lieutenant General Władysław Anders and fought with distinction in the Italian Campaign , in particular at the Battle of Monte Cassino .
1st Armoured Corps: 3 armoured brigades, 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade - details below. Subordinated to the 2nd Army. 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade (Polish)(East) 2nd Armoured Brigade (2. Brygada Pancerna) - (65 x T-34/85) 3rd Armoured Brigade; 4th Armoured Brigade; 24th SP-artillery regiment (21 x SU-85) 25th SP-artillery regiment (21 x ISU-122)
1st Sapper Brigade 2nd Army (subordinated to Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front) ... 16th Armored Brigade 5th Heavy Tank Regiment ... Polish Armed Forces General Staff and ...
34th Armoured Cavalry Brigade "Grand Crown Hetman Jan Zamoyski", in Żagań. Command Battalion; 1st Tank Battalion "Brabant" with Leopard 2A5 main battle tanks; 2nd Tank Battalion "Flanders" with Leopard 2A5 main battle tanks; Mechanised Battalion with BWP-1 infantry fighting vehicles
The Polish I Corps was formed from these soldiers. It comprised the Polish 1st Armoured Division (which later became attached to the First Canadian Army) and the Polish Independent Parachute Brigade, [3] and other formations, such as the 4th Infantry Division, and the 16th Independent Armoured Brigade.
Polish Armed Forces in the East; Polish Armed Forces in the West; Polish armoured train units in Britain; Polish Army in France (1939–1940) Polish Fighting Team; Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade; Polish Independent Highland Brigade; Polish People's Army (1943–1945) Polish resistance movement in World War II; Pomeranian Army ...
Members of the regiment reformed in Scotland on 13 November 1942 after the fall of France adopting the designation of 2nd Armoured Regiment. The reconstituted unit returned to France in late July 1944 as a part of the 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade , 1st (Polish) Armoured Division. .