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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.
2nd Rifle Division - Gen. Bronisław Prugar-Ketling; 3rd Infantry Division - Gen. Rudolf Dreszer; 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
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 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 ...
The Rats of Tobruk were soldiers of the Australian-led Allied garrison, as well as the Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade that held the Libyan port of Tobruk against the Afrika Corps, during the Siege of Tobruk in World War II. The siege started on 11 April 1941 and was relieved on 10 December. [1]
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 .
General Władysław Sikorski and the Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade in Tobruk in 1941. During World War II, Poles and Libyans were part of the Allied coalition, which successfully defended Tobruk during an Axis siege. There is a Polish military cemetery in Tobruk, and the battle is also commemorated at the Tomb of the Unknown ...
A Polish Independent Carpathian Brigade was formed in French Mandate Syria, to which many Polish troops had escaped from Romania. [46] The Polish Air Force in France had 86 aircraft with one and a half of the squadrons fully operational, and the remaining two and a half in various stages of training. [46]