This site is connected to ‘A Forgotten Odyssey’, a recent documentary film by Jagna Wright and Aneta Naszynska. It deals with the forgotten tragedy of 1.7 million Polish citizens of various faiths and ethnicities (Polish, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Catholic, Orthodox, Jewish) deported from eastern Poland (Kresy) in 1940-42 to special labour camps in Siberia, Kazakhstan and Soviet Asia. Some 120,000 of these escaped through Persia in 1942 as soldiers of Anders Army and their families – and eventually made their way to the West because their pre-war homeland was consigned by the Allies to remain under the hated Soviet regime.
A Forgotten Odyssey
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The Polish Radio Research Station in Stanmore, London
Polskie Wojskowe Warsztaty Radiowe (PWW) Introduction On arrival in Britain, the Polish armed forces brought with them technicians in radio telegraphy as well as mathematicians who specialised in cryptography. Their initial base was barrack huts located near Gordon Avenue and later Wykeham House. The cryptologists were moved from Stanmore to a station at ‘The Arches’, Felden near…
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Arnhem 1944: The airborne battle
A critical evaluation of Middlebrook's book, analysing strategic failings, logistics and overlooked Polish contributions.
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Through Hitler’s Back Door: SOE Operations in Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria 1939 – 1945.
Reveals the bravery of SOE agents operating in Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, and Bulgaria, exposing forgotten missions and sacrifices behind enemy lines.
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Forces
- The Technical and Non-Technical Services for the PAF
- Operation BARRIER (Bariera)
- Training Bases for the Polish Section S.O.E & Cichociemni
- Cichociemni & The Role of Couriers
- Trial of the Sixteen
- Polish Batallions
- The Wellington Crew No.304 Squadron (NZ-B) W5627
- Special Planning Unit 22
- Polish Resettlement Corps 1946 – 1948
- The Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade
People
Events
Places
Other
- Threads of History: Selected Chapters from First to Fight
- Press Release: First to Fight and the Polish Contribution to WWII
- History of the Stole
- Enigma
- Gallery of Photographs from the Victory Parade (10/07/05)
- Letter from 10 Downing Street (18/06/03)
- Translation of Article in The Polish Daily (11/09/03)
- Press Release – Poles at Victory Parade (9/07/05)
- Excerpt from A Question of Honor
Book Reviews
- Two Paths One War: A Journey of Polish Resilience & Service throughout World War Two
- Sunlight & Shadow: Memoirs of childhood in Poland and exile in Siberia.
- Project Eagle: The Top-Secret OSS Operation That Sent Polish Spies Behind Enemy Lines in World War II.
- Threads of History: Selected Chapters from First to Fight
- Press Release: First to Fight and the Polish Contribution to WWII
- Poles in World War II as seen in British fiction
- Poland Betrayed: The Nazi-Soviet Invasions of 1939
- Market Garden: The Island
- V Weapons Hunt: Defeating German Secret Weapons.
- Through Hitler’s Back Door: SOE Operations in Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria 1939 – 1945.