1940 |
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AN UNDERGROUND "HOME ARMY" OF SOME 250,000 MEN OPERATES IN POLAND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE POLISH GOVERNMENT IN EXILE, AND IS PART OF THE POLISH ARMED FORCES. |
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 GEN. L. OKULICKI, COMMANDER OF THE HOME ARMY IN POLAND. (ARRESTED IN 1946 BY THE RUSSIANS AND SENTENCED TO 10 YEAR IMPRISONMENT.) ISSUED 1991 |
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 THE UNDERGROUND PRESS ISSUED 1943 |
 ISSUED 1936  THE COUNTRY FIGHTS ISSUED 1943 |
 THE QUIET SERVICE OF THE HOME ARMY ISSUED 1993 |
 "THE HOME ARMY" ISSUED 1992 |
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1940 |
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THE NORWEGIAN CAMPAIGN APR. 9 - JUNE 10POLISH "PODHALANSKA" BRIGADE UNDER THE COMMAND OF GEN. Z. BOHUSZ-SZYSZKO PARTICIPATES IN THE CAPTURE OF NARVIK, NORWAY. THREE POLISH DESTROYERS AND THE SUBMARINE "ORZEL" ARE ALSO INVOLVED. |
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 GEN. BOHUSZ-SZYSZKO BATTLE OF NARVIK ISSUED 1990 |
 POLISH ARMY IN NARVIK ISSUED 1941 - LONDON |
 DESTROYER "PIORUN" - ISSUED 1970 |
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 DESTROYER "GARLAND" - ISSUED 1970 |
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 SUBMARINE "ORZEL" - ISSUED 1970 |
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 JUNE 13 PARIS SURRENDERS TO GERMANS  |
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POLISH AIR FORCE ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS AND A MANNING DEPOT OPENED IN BLACKPOOL. BLACKPOOL |
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1940 |
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THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, JUNE 19 - OCT. 30POLISH AIR FORCE FIGHTER SQUADRONS 301, 303, 306, AND 307 SHOOT DOWN 203 GERMAN AIRCRAFT. |
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 HAWKER HURRICANES |
 EMBLEM OF THE POLISH 303 FIGHTER SQUADRON ISSUED 1990 |
 25th ANNIVERSARY BATTLE OF BRITAIN |
 PUBLIC RELATION STAMP ISSUED 1941 - LONDON |
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 POLISH AIR FORCE 303 SQUADRON'S SPITFIRES |
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1940 |
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JULY POLISH ARMY EVACUATED FROM FRANCE IS ASSIGNED TO THE DEFENCE OF THE EAST COAST OF BRITISH ISLES, FROM FIRTH OF FORTH TO MONTROSE IN SCOTLAND. |
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 POLISH ARMY IN GREAT BRITAIN ISSUED 1941 |
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 FORTH BRIDGE - EDINBURGH |
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1941 |
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THE SINKING OF THE GERMAN BATTLESHIP "BISMARK" |
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| MAY 16 |  POLISH HOME ARMY POLISH HOME ARMY INFORMS POLISH GOVERNMENT IN LONDON THAT THE GERMAN BATTLESHIP "BISMARK" LEFT POLISH PORT OF GDYNIA. |
| MAY 24 | THE BATTLE CRUISER "HMS HOOD" AND THE BATTLESHIP "HMS PRINCE OF WALES" INTERCEPT "BISMARK" AND THE CRUISER "PRINZ EUGEN" AND OPEN FIRE. "HMS HOOD" IS SUNK AND "HMS PRINCE OF WALES" IS HIT AND WITHDRAWS. |
| MAY 26 |  "PIORUN" ATTACKING "BISMARK" - ISSUED 1991 |
 "PIORUN" - ISSUED 1970 POLISH DESTROYER "PIORUN" FINDS "BISMARK" AND ALERTS THE REST OF THE BRITISH FLEET. |
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| MAY 27 | THE BATTLESHIPS "HMS KING GEORGE V" AND "HMS RODNEY" ATTACK "BISMARK" AND "HMS DORSETSHIRE" SINKS HER WITH TWO TORPEDOES. |
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AUG. 15 POLISH GEN. W. ANDERS, PRISONER OF WAR HELD BY THE RUSSIANS SINCE 1939, IS RELEASED FROM THE LUBYANKA PRISON IN MOSCOW. HE IS ORDERED, BY THE POLISH GOVERNMENT IN LONDON, TO ORGANISE THE POLISH ARMY IN RUSSIA. |
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 GEN. W. ANDERS ISSUED 1946 |
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AUG. 18 POLISH CARPATHIAN BRIGADE UNDER COMMAND OF GEN. S. KOPANSKI MOVES FROM PALESTINE TO TOBRUK AND RELIEVES AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. |
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 GEN. S. KOPANSKI DEFENCE OF TOBRUK ISSUED 1991 |
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1942 |
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| MARCH - AUGUST | POLISH ARMY IN SOVIET UNION, 115,000 MEN STRONG, UNDER THE COMMAND OF GEN. ANDERS, LEAVES SOVIET UNION THROUGH THE CASPIAN SEA PORT OF KRASNOVODSK FOR PAHLEVI (ENZELI) IN IRAN. THEY ARE THEN STATIONED IN TEHERAN, HAMADAN, KERMANSHAH IN IRAN, AND KHANAQIN, MOSUL AND KIRKUK IN IRAQ. |
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 SHAH PAHLAVI OF IRAN |
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