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Military history of Poland during World War II. In World War II, the Polish armed forces were the fourth largest Allied forces in Europe, after those of the Soviet Union, United States, and Britain. [a] [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Poles made substantial contributions to the Allied effort throughout the war, fighting on land, sea, and in the air.
The first Polish Military Intelligence after World War II was the Second Section of General Staff of the Polish People's Army (Oddział II Sztabu Generalnego Ludowego Wojska Polskiego, or Odział II Szt Gen LWP) and bore the same name as its precursor from before the war. Odział II Szt Gen WP was established on July 18, 1945, but its origins ...
Rescue ships (4) Piast-class: 2 Poland: Multi-task rescue-salvage ship ORP Piast 281 1974 1,600 tonnes [15] Homeport: Gdynia. ORP Lech 282 1974 Zbyszko-class: 2 Poland: Salvage and rescue ship ORP Zbyszko R-14 1991 380 tonnes [15] Homeport: Gdynia. ORP Maćko R-15 1992 Survey (2) Nawigator-class. Project 863. 2 Poland: Survey ORP Navigator
Z-class torpedo boat. Categories: World War II naval ships by country. World War II military equipment of Poland. World War II ships of Poland. Naval ships of Poland. Military units and formations of Poland in World War II. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
The Polish Navy has its roots in naval vessels that were largely employed on Poland's main rivers in defense of trade and commerce. During the Thirteen Years' War (1454–66), a small force of ships that primarily operated on rivers and lakes saw real open sea battles for the first time. At the Battle of Vistula Lagoon, a combined fleet of the ...
t. e. The history of Poland from 1939 to 1945 encompasses primarily the period from the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union to the end of World War II. Following the German–Soviet non-aggression pact, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on 1 September 1939 and by the Soviet Union on 17 September.
ORP Błyskawica, Gdynia 2016. ORP Błyskawica (Polish for Lightning) is a Grom -class destroyer which served in the Polish Navy during World War II. She is the only Polish Navy ship to have been decorated with the Virtuti Militari, Poland's highest military order for gallantry, and in 2012 was given the Pro Memoria Medal.
The Polish Armed Forces in the West (Polish: Polskie Siły Zbrojne na Zachodzie) refers to the Polish military formations formed to fight alongside the Western Allies against Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II. Polish forces were also raised within Soviet territories; these were the Polish Armed Forces in the East.