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Polish prisoners of war captured by the Red Army during the Soviet invasion of Poland. As a result of the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, hundreds of thousands of Polish soldiers became prisoners of war. Official Soviet estimate for the number of POWs taken during th campaign was 190,584 and is treated as reliable by some historians. [3]
Pages in category "Polish military personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 346 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Record group: Collection SFF: JEROME R. LILIENTHAL STEREOGRAPHIC COLLECTION RELATING TO THE GERMAN INVASION OF POLAND, 1939 - 1939 (National Archives Identifier: 988) Series: Stereographic Views, "Soldaten des Fuhrers im Felde" ("The Fuhrer's Soldiers in the Field"), compiled 1939 - ca. 1939 (National Archives Identifier: 559368 )
The European Theatre of World War II opened with the German invasion of Poland on Friday September 1, 1939, followed by the Soviet invasion of Poland on September 17, 1939. On 6 October, following the Polish defeat at the Battle of Kock , German and Soviet forces gained full control over Poland.
The following is a list of Polish Armies during World War II, together with their commanders and brigade and division-sized units. For a more detailed list see: Polish army order of battle in 1939 . Key
After the fall of France (during which about 6,000 Polish soldiers died fighting), about 13,000 Polish personnel had been interned in Switzerland. [2] Nevertheless, Polish commander-in-chief and prime minister General Władysław Sikorski was able to evacuate many Polish troops to the United Kingdom (estimates range from 20,000 [2] to 35,000 [4 ...
Unification of the Polish Army Day, Pilsudski in the Wawel Castle. In 1921–1939, the Polish armed forces consisted of the army and navy. The army consisted of main weapons: infantry, cavalry (from 1924 - cavalry) and artillery, technical weapons: sappers, communication and car troops and armored weapons, auxiliary weapons: gendarmerie and rolling stock.
Polish prisoners of war captured by the Red Army during the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939 In October 1939, Molotov reported to the Supreme Soviet that the Red Army had suffered 737 deaths and 1,862 wounded men during the campaign, a casualty rate that widely contradicted Polish specialist's claims of up to 3,000 deaths and 8,000 to 10,000 ...