Historian: Wartime Britain and the Polish Armed Forces in the West
Postgraduate Researcher at QMUL
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Apr 25 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Right - the Sikorski Museum in London. You need to go.
Why?
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Oh, just the Polish flag which flew on the ruins of the monastery after the capture of Monte Cassino 2/ And the charts drawn up from memory by the crew of the Orzeł submarine on their escape from Tallinn - their charts having been confiscated by the Estonian authorities.
Aug 19, 2019 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
#OTD 19th Aug '44
Day 1 of the Battle for Hill 262: #Maczuga
"There was confusion among the German columns; huge trucks filled with troops, guns drawn by six-horse teams, staff cars, recon half-tracks and two enormous assault guns.
I gave the order: "Fire!"
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#Maczek 2/
Following Von Kluge's order of 16th August for a German retreat from the West, the Allied troops focused on trapping the retreating units within the 'Falaise Pocket'.
The Polish 1st Armoured Division under Maczek was crucial - "the cork in the bottle", in Monty's words.