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Polish Independent Carpathian Brigade (Polish Samodzielna Brygada Strzelców Karpackich, SBSK) was a Polish military unit formed in 1940 in French Syria composed of Polish soldiers exiled after the invasion of Poland in 1939 as part of the Polish Army in France. It was commanded by General Stanisław Kopański.
4th Infantry Division (Poland) - Col. Tadeusz Kalina-Zieleniewski; Polish Independent Highland Brigade - Gen. Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko; 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade (10éme Brigade de cavalerie motorisée) - Gen. Stanisław Maczek; Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade - Gen. Stanisław Kopański
The 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division (Polish: 3 Dywizja Strzelców Karpackich, sometimes translated as 3rd Carpathian Infantry Division), also commonly known as Christmas Tree Division due to the characteristic emblem of a cedar of Lebanon superimposed upon the Polish flag, [1] was an infantry division of the Polish Armed Forces in the West that ...
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; Pomeranian Cavalry Brigade; Pomeranian Griffin; Poznań Army; Prussian Army (Polish Armed Forces)
The Polish Independent Highland Brigade (5,000 soldiers) under General Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko took part in the Battles of Narvik, Norway, in 1940 (28 May – 4 June). [2] Returning to France, together with some formations quickly formed from the Polish recruits in the nearby training camps, [ 1 ] it took part in the defence of Brittany .
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 .
On 12 April 1940, after the invasion and fall of Poland, the Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade was formed from Polish exiles in the Levant. While not part of the Army of the Levant, the brigade specialized in mountain warfare and was to be the Polish contribution to Allied plans for landings in the Balkans.
It was not until 5 April 1940 that Kopański was finally given command of the Polish Carpathian Brigade, being formed in Homs on the border between French-held Syria and Lebanon. The unit was composed mostly of Polish soldiers who were able to escape prisoner of war camps in Hungary and Romania and make it to Allied-controlled territory, much ...