Places

During WWII, Blackpool became a key base for Polish airmen, with the Goodwood Hotel serving as their enlistment and training centre after Dunkirk....

In 1941, Polish escapees were captured crossing into Spain and sent to Miranda de Ebro, Franco’s harsh concentration camp, before release in 1943....

Introduction Latin America is often over looked for SOE - E/ UP operations but also was under the Continental Action as a whole (Ciechanowski, 2005).  There were many Polish diasporas in Latin America…...

Miranda de Ebro, Franco’s concentration camp in Spain, held thousands of Poles and Allied escapees in harsh conditions between 1940 and 1947....

Bataliony Chłopskie Introduction: The Peasant battalions (BCh) were formed in August 1940 out of the Peasants’ Guard (Chłosta) and were the largest independent battalions within the AK (Nowak, 1986; Roszkowski,…...

Brygada Świętokrzyska Introduction: The Holy Cross Mountain Brigade has remained contentious since its formation on 11th August 1944 on the Lasocin estate, Opatów County in the foothills of the Góry Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross…...

Catherine E. Schandl, 2007 by Lulu Books Inc, USA (On-line self-publishing site) ISBN 978-1-4303-1178-2 The London-Budapest Game is part of a trilogy (“Sword of the Turul” and “Swedish Gold”) tracing the…...

Introduction: One area overlooked by historians is the role of research and development (R&D) by the PAF (Polish Air Force) during World War II.  For some, the subject lacks the ‘draw’…...

Introduction Captain Jan Górski and Captain Maciej Kalenkiewicz understood the need for occupied Poland to be supported from the outside in updated equipment, communications, and specialists to wager clandestine warfare…...