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The LWP Polish forces soon grew beyond the 1st Division into two major commands - the Polish First Army (Berling's) and the Polish Second Army (commanded by Karol Świerczewski). The most significant tank formation in the initial period was the 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade equipped with T-34 tanks, that first fought in the battle of Studzianki .
Poster by an unknown author from 1931, Cukier krzepi (' Sugar strengthens you ') Between 1925 and 1932, a campaign was conducted by the Sugar Consumption Propaganda Commission (Polish: Komisja Propagandy Konsumpcji Cukru; KRKC) and the Bureau of Propaganda for the Consumption of Sugar (Biuro Propagandy Konsumpcji Cukru; BKPC) to increase sugar consumption in Poland.
In 1926 a pilgrimage of Polish women, in thanks for the Battle of Warsaw, offered the Mother of God at Jasna Góra a scepter and an apple as a sign of royal dignity. 15 January 1930 the holiday was raised to the rank of first-class with an octave in the diocese of Lviv, Przemyśl. and Częstochowa, which also received its own mass form and ...
The official name of the state was the Republic of Poland.In the Polish language, it was referred to as Rzeczpospolita Polska (abbr. RP), with the term Rzeczpospolita being a traditional name for the republic when referring to various Polish states, including the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (considered to be the First Polish Republic, Pierwsza Rzeczpospolita), and later, the current Third ...
Early in the day, Polish cavalry had intercepted German infantry moving towards the Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk) and slowed their progress. At 08:00, the Germans broke through Polish Border Guard units south of the Polish cavalry, which forced the Polish units in the area to start a retreat towards a secondary defence line at the Brda river.
"Thank you" Gujarati: Ghanu Jivo "May God bless you with a long life" Aabhar "Thank you" Hawaiian: Kihe, a mauli ola, or simply Ola "Sneeze, and you shall live", or simply "live" Mahalo "Thank you" Hebrew: לבריאות (livri'oot or labri'oot) "To health!" תודה (todah) "Thank you!" Hungarian: Egészségedre! / Egészségére! "To your ...
This article presents the military ranks of the entire Polish Armed Forces as well as the rank insignia used today. The system of rank insignia is a direct descendant of various systems used throughout history by the Polish Army.
The first line "W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie" (In Szczebrzeszyn a beetle buzzes in the reed) is a well-known Polish tongue-twister and dates to at least the 19th century. [2] Thanks to the poem, the town of Szczebrzeszyn is widely known in Poland.