Hi there, I´m from Germany and searching for some informations about WW2 for my Family history. I found a little interesting notice for the Polish 1st armoured Division.
I found that after the heavy fighting of the Fallaise Pocket in Normandy 1944 - the polish Division got so much losses that they looked for support. The info sayed that sometimes they recruited german prisoners of war (polish speaking) to reinforce the polish Division (I would think more for auxiliary work than for real fighting purpose).
Does anyone can confirm this information or has some more details?
Thanks for your help
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Good luck Nic, I hope someone can help you regarding The Polish Division fighting at the Fallaise Pocket 1944.
Alan
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PostSubject: Re: Polish Parachute Brigade and Armoured Division Polish Parachute Brigade and Armoured Division Icon_minitime16/7/2017, 21:04 Reply with quote Edit/Delete this post Polish Forces Wartime History Records are at RAF NORTHOLT north west London:
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Thanks for this info - realy interesting!!! Have you ever heard of captured german soldiers that took duty in the polish division? Thank you so much for your help
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Number of posts : 1026 Age : 75 Localisation : near Cuxhaven Cap Badge : Royal Signals + Royal Engineers Places Served : Verden-Aller + Willich + Iserlohn + Hameln Registration date : 2010-02-14
Thanks for this info - realy interesting!!! Have you ever heard of captured german soldiers that took duty in the polish division? Thank you so much for your help
Sorry unable to help as only have information taken from British higher command documentation.
Best of luck with your research
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