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| SEPT. 18 | POLISH ARMY GROUP "POLESIE", LED BY GEN. F. KLEEBERG, ENGAGES GERMAN ARMY AT THE BATTLE OF KOCK. |
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| SEPT. 23 | ON SEPT. 12 GERMAN ARMY SURROUNDS CITY OF LWOW. |
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1939 |
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| SEPT. 18 | POLISH ARMY GROUP "POLESIE", LED BY GEN. F. KLEEBERG, ENGAGES GERMAN ARMY AT THE BATTLE OF KOCK. |
ISSUED 1989 |
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| SEPT. 23 | ON SEPT. 12 GERMAN ARMY SURROUNDS CITY OF LWOW. |
ISSUED 1989 |
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| NOV. | POLISH GOVERNMENT IN EXILE ESTABLISHED IN ANGERS, FRANCE. GEN. W. SIKORSKI APPOINTED PRIME MINISTER AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE RECONSTITUTED POLISH ARMY OF SOME 100,000 MEN. |
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1940 |
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| GERMANS CAPTURED OVER 700,000 POLISH PRISONERS OF WAR. | ||
 POLISH PREWAR POSTCARD, WITH A PREWAR PREPRINTED POLISH STAMP DISPLAYING POLISH PRES. I. MOSCICKI - - VALUE 15 GROSZY - MAILED BY A MOTHER IN LUBLIN TO HER SON Lt. M. GUTOWSKI IN OFLAG X C. FORWARDED TO OFLAG X A (SEE TOP LEFT CORNER), OFLAG XVIII B, AND OFLAG XVIIIC. - UNKNOWN (UNBEKANNT) |
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1940 |
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THE BATTLE OF WESTERN EUROPE MAY 10 - JUNE 25 |
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| POLISH ARMY IN FRANCE IS EVACUATED THROUGH THE PORT OF DUNKIRK. POLISH MERCHANT MARINE VESSELS, DESTROYERS AND LINERS ASSIST IN THE EVACUATION OF TROOPS. | |
  DESTROYER "PIORUN" ISSUED 1970 |
 POLISH ARMY IN FRANCE ISSUED 1941  POLISH MERCHANT MARINE ISSUED 1941  LINER "STEFAN BATORY" ISSUED 1971  |
1940 |
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JUNE 18 |
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FRANCE SURRENDERS TO GERMANY AND FRENCH MARSHAL HENRI PHILIPPE PETAIN FORMS A NEW GOVERNMENT, COLLABORATING WITH THE GERMANS, AT VICHY. |
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| POLISH DIVISION, THAT WAS PROTECTING RETREAT OF ONE OF THE FRENCH ARMIES, IS FORCED TO CROSS SWISS BORDER AND SOME 15,000 MEN ARE INTERNED IN SWITZERLAND. | |
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PRISONER-OF-WAR POSTCARD MAILED BY JAN HEYMAN, POLISH INTERNEE IN FRIBOURG, SWITZERLAND, TO Lt. JULIAN KOZIOL POLISH PRISONER OF WAR IN
OFLAG VI B, GERMANY. |
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1940 |
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POLISH GOVERNMENT IN EXILE MOVES FROM ANGERS, FRANCE TO LONDON, WITH HEADQUARTERS LOCATED IN THE RUBENS HOTEL ON BUCKINGHAM PALACE ROAD. |
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 GEN. W. E. SIKORSKI PRIME MINISTER & C-I-C ISSUED 1981 |
 PUBLIC RELATIONS STAMP ISSUED BY THE POLISH GOVERNMENT |
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