Poland & World War II: 1939-1945

1943

THE KATYN WOOD MURDERS

APR. 12

GERMAN MILITARY AUTHORITIES DISCOVER MASS GRAVES OF POLISH OFFICERS IN KATYN FOREST, NEAR MINSK. POLISH GOVERNMENT AGREE TO THE RED CROSS INVESTIGATION, RUSSIANS DO NOT AGREE. BRITISH AND AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS SUPPORT RUSSIAN POSITION. AMONGST THE 15,000 MURDERED OFFICERS ARE 12 GENERALS AND 300 COLONELS.

IN 1992 RUSSIANS ADMIT COMMITTING THIS ATROCITY.

KATYN
ISSUED 1990

HOLY MOTHER OF KATYN
ISSUED 1999

INTERNATIONAL KATYN YEAR
ISSUED 1995

HOLY MOTHER OF KOZIELSK
ISSUED 1999

STALIN'S VICTIMS
ISSUED 1991

APR. 25

MOSCOW BREAKS RELATIONS WITH THE POLISH GOVERNMENT

1943

MAY 8

SOVIET GOVERNMENT FORMS, IN RUSSIA, POLISH TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO INFANTRY DIVISION FROM THE DEPORTEES THAT DID NOT MANAGE TO LEAVE RUSSIA WITH GEN. ANDERS.

ISSUED 1978

ISSUED 1983

JUNE 18

SOVIET GOVERNMENT CREATES "SOVIET UNION OF POLISH PATRIOTS" WITH COL. Z. BERLING AND WANDA WASILEWSKA AS LEADERS.

COL Z. BERLING
ISSUED 1983

W. Wasilewska
ISSUED 1983

1943
JUNE	POLISH 2nd ARMY CORPS UNDER THE COMMAND OF GEN. ANDERS ESTABLISHES HEADQUARTERS IN GAZA, PALESTINE.
GEN. SIKORSKI VISITS POLISH TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
JULY 4	GEN. SIKORSKI KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH NEAR GIBRALTAR.
JULY 16	FUNERAL OF GEN. SIKORSKI AT NEWARK, NOTTS, U.K.

1943
NOV. 28 - DEC. 1	THE TEHERAN CONFERENCE CHURCHILL, STALIN AND ROOSEVELT AGREE THAT THE POST WAR POLAND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE RUSSIAN SPHERE OF INFLUENCE.
F.D. ROOSEVELT	J. STALIN	W. CHURCHILL
TEHERAN

1943

THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC

POLISH AIR FORCE SQUADRONS Nos. 300, 301, 304, 305, AND 307 ARE ASSIGNED TO PATROL THE ATLANTIC FROM ICELAND TO THE SHORES OF SPAIN. THEY MAKE 1,880 SORTIES TOTALLING 10,670 FLYING HOURS, ATTACKING SIX U-BOATS AND PERFORMING LARGE SCALE MINING OPERATIONS.

"POLISH AIR FORCE IN THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC"
ISSUED 1943

PUBLIC RELATIONS STAMPS ISSUED BY THE POLISH GOVERNMENT IN LONDON.

1943
4,434 POLES TRAINED AS AIRCREW IN GREAT BRITAIN (BRIGHTON, HUCKNALL AND NEWTON) AND IN CANADA (MALTON AND HAMILTON).
POLISH STUDENT FLYERS AT NO. 1 A.O.S. MALTON, ONT.	ALLIED STUDENT FLYERS

BUILDINGS AROUND THIS SQUARE WERE OCCUPIED BY THE POLISH AIR FORCE I.T.W. (INTERMEDIATE TRAINING WING) - REGENCY SQUARE, BRIGHTON, SUSSEX.

1944

THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN

MAY 11 - 18

POLISH ARMY 2nd CORPS CAPTURES MONTE CASSINO.

POLISH GEN. W. ANDERS, C-IN-C 2nd CORPS
ISSUED 1989

1941 ISSUES SURCHARGED MONTE CASSINO 18 V. 1944

MONTE CASSINO MONASTERY AFTER THE BATTLE

1944

THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN

LETTER MAILED ON FEB. 15, 1946 FROM THE FIELD POST OFFICE #124, ITALY

L. TO R. - STAMP COMMEMORATING:

CAPTURE OF ANCONA 15.7 - 18.7.44 - 55 GROSZY
CAPTURE OF BOLOGNA 9.4 - 21.4.45 - 1 ZLOTY
CAPTURE OF MONTE CASSINO 11.5 - 18.5.44 - 45 GROSZY

BOTTOM - GEN. W. ANDERS - ITALY - 17.2.44 - 2.5.45 - 2 ZLOTY

1944
AUG. 1 - OCT. 3 WARSAW UPRISING
HOME ARMY ISSUED 1984
ISSUED 1946
HOME ARMY ISSUED 1984
RUSSIAN ARMIES ENTER SUBURB OF WARSAW, PRAGA, ON THE EAST BANKS OF THE VISTULA RIVER. SOME UNITS SOUTH OF WARSAW CROSS VISTULA RIVER. POLISH HOME ARMY ATTACKS GERMAN ARMY IN WARSAW, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER. RUSSIAN ARMY DECIDES TO REST AND REFUSES TO RENDER ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT ASSISTANCE TO THE POLISH HOME ARMY.

1944

AUG. - OCT.

POLISH ARMOURED DIVISION, UNDER THE COMMAND OF GEN. S. MACZEK, ASSISTS BRITISH ARMY IN THE BATTLE OF PAS-DE-CALAIS AND CAPTURES CHAMBOIS ON AUG. 21 AND BREDA ON OCT. 27.