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Toruń (marked in red as Thorn) near the 19th-century German/Prussian and Russian border in partitioned Poland (also marked in red). Toruń was an important city, which following the Partitions of Poland was located just north and west of the border between Prussia and Russia, which runs from southwest to northeast, in the north along the Drwęca tributary of the Vistula River which passes ...
Toruń is situated at a major road junction, one of the most important in Poland. The A1 highway reaches Toruń, and a southern beltway surrounds the city. Besides these, the European route E75 and a number of domestic roads (numbered 10, 15, and 80) run through the city.
Category: Military locations of Poland. ... World War II sites in Poland (8 C, 61 P) This page was last edited on 15 February 2024, at 08:00 (UTC). ...
Military bases of Poland in Afghanistan (3 P) Attacks on military installations in Poland (1 C, 14 P) F. Fortifications in Poland (5 C, 4 P) Forts in Poland (3 C, 15 ...
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, pronounced [ˈɕiwɨ ˈzbrɔjnɛ ʐɛt͡ʂpɔsˈpɔlitɛj ˈpɔlskʲɛj]; abbreviated SZ RP), also called the Polish Armed Forces and popularly called Wojsko Polskie in Poland ([ˈvɔj.skɔ ˈpɔl.skjɛ], roughly the "Polish Military"—abbreviated WP), are the national armed forces of the Republic of ...
The Inspector Land Forces, a two-star, major-general equivalent, reports to Commander, Armed Forces General Command, a three-star, general broni. Separately and without seemingly any responsibility to the Inspector Land Forces, the divisions of the Polish Land Forces also report, separately, to the Commander, Armed Forces General Command.
Military districts of Poland were created in the aftermath of World War I, at a time when Poland regained its independence. Initially, right after the First World War, Polish Land Forces had five military districts. (1918–1921): Kraków Military District (Krakowski Okręg Wojskowy), HQ in Kraków
Stalag XX-A was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp located in Toruń in German-occupied Poland. It was not a single camp and contained as many as 20,000 men at its peak. The main camp was located in seven forts of the 19th-century Toruń Fortress, located in the southern part of the city. [1]