Polish Soldiers In British Army Ww2. Therefore i know my search must begin with british documentation. Its 3rd carpathian division was formed in the middle east from colonel stanislaw kopanski s seasoned carpathian brigade which fought at tobruk and in egypt.
From what i know dziadzio kapitan franków was a career army man and had previously enlisted well before the war. Most young men were required to serve in or register for military service in poland. At the end of world war ii the polish armed forces in the west numbered 195 000 and by july 1945 had increased to 228 000.
Most young men were required to serve in or register for military service in poland.
Polish british military negotiations were carried out in london but ended up in a fiasco. The polish army in great britain with the collapse of french army and the remnants some 300 000 soldiers of the british expeditionary force bef rescued from the beaches of dunkirk between may and june 1940 the polish army fought on and defended their assigned positions until the weight of german forces pressed upon them to surrender or escape. From what i know dziadzio kapitan franków was a career army man and had previously enlisted well before the war. Its 3rd carpathian division was formed in the middle east from colonel stanislaw kopanski s seasoned carpathian brigade which fought at tobruk and in egypt.
