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Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek, OBE, GM (Polish pronunciation: [krɨˈstɨna ˈskarbɛk], / krɪstiːnə skɑːrbɛk /; 1 May 1908 [a][b][4] – 15 June 1952), also known as Christine Granville, [2] was a Polish agent of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. She became celebrated for her daring exploits in ...
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 Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (Polish: Pomocnicza Służba Kobiet (PSK), Pestki[1]) was a unit of Polish Armed Forces during World War II established in 1941 by initiative of Lt. Gen. Władysław Anders, while creating Polish Armed Forces in the East. [2][3] Pestki worked as nurses, cooks, teachers in schools for war orphans, secretaries ...
Mine countermeasure ships (3) Kormoran 2 class: 3 Poland: Minehunter ORP Jaskółka 604 2026/27 850 tonnes [26] Homeport: Świnoujście. ORP Rybitwa 605 2026/27 ORP Czajka 606 2026/27 Signal intelligence (2) Delfin-class: 2 Poland Sweden: Illustration. Reconnaissance ship ORP Jerzy Różycki: TBA 2027 2,200 tonnes [27] [28] Homeport: Gdynia ...
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 ...
The following is a list of female agents who served in the field for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. SOE's objectives were to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe (and later, also in occupied Southeast Asia) against the Axis powers, and to aid local resistance movements.
In Poland, the resistance movement during World War II was led by the Home Army. The Polish resistance is notable among others for disrupting German supply lines to the Eastern Front (damaging or destroying 1/8 of all rail transports), and providing intelligence reports to the British intelligence agencies (providing 43% of all reports from ...
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.