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    Lieutenant General Stanisław Maczek ([staˈɲiswav ˈmat͡ʂɛk]; 31 March 1892 – 11 December 1994) was a Polish tank commander of World War II, whose division...
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    February 1942 at Duns in Scotland, it was commanded by Major General Stanisław Maczek and at its peak numbered approximately 18,000 soldiers.The division...
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    Armed Forces in the West Cichociemni Stanisław Maczek Western betrayal Władysław Sikorski Sosabowski Stanisław at Encyclopedia PWN. "Market Garden 65...
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    managed to escape from German and Soviet occupied Poland. Led by General Stanisław Maczek, it took part in the Battle of France in May 1940. It was later reformed...
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    completed by September 1, 1939. Commanded by Colonel, later General Stanisław Maczek, it is considered one of few Polish World War II military units (brigade...
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    (1704–1793) Stanisław Lubomirski (1722–1782) Kazimierz Łukomski (1920–1991 Polish Airborne World War II) Witold Lutosławski M Adam Macedoński Stanisław Maczek Stanisław...
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    General Stanisław Maczek. The museum was opened in 2020. The Maczek Memorial Breda was The Maczek Memorial Breda originates from the Generaal Maczek Museum...
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    Gen.E.Beyer and the Polish 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade under Col. Stanisław Maczek. On 1 September 1939, the XVIII Panzer Corps, part of the German 14th...
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    armored divisions tasked with leading the assault, George Kitching and Stanisław Maczek both objected to Simonds's plans for a "mailed fist" assault on narrow...
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    location of major transportation routes all at once. Polish general Stanisław Maczek had once been shown an impressive outdoor map of land and water in...
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    Polish 1st Cavalry Division. A small "Special Battalion" led by Major Stanisław Maczek fought a successful delaying action near the village of Waręż. Later...
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    2nd Rifle, 10th Armoured Brigade Bde   I Corps (I Korpus Polski) Stanisław Maczek 1st Armoured Division, 1st Para Brigade   II Corps (II Korpus Polski)...
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    Krajowa resistance movement and leader of the Warsaw Uprising; and Stanisław Maczek, one of the best armor commanders of the war, who devised the first...
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    Argentina Stanisław Maczek (1892–1994), Polish tank commander of World War II Stanislav Melnyk (1961–2015), Ukrainian politician Stanisław Narutowicz...
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    column under the command of Michael Kilroy. In 1919, Polish officer Stanisław Maczek created a flying company made of a battle-hardened infantry, using...
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    two battle groups of the Polish 1st Armoured Division (Major-General Stanisław Maczek) had established themselves in the mouth of the Falaise pocket on and...
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    Pilsudskiego ("Piłsudski Square") Monument to Józef Piłsudski Monument to Stanisław Maczek Gdańsk Strzyża railway station "Podział administracyjny Gdańska". BIP...
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    member of Poland's 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade, commanded by Col. Stanisław Maczek, winning his country's highest military decoration, the Virtuti Militari...
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  • Jarosław on the San River. During the battle the Polish forces of General Stanisław Maczek successfully held the river crossings in the town for two days against...
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    Scarlat Cantacuzino Artur Phleps Edward Rydz-Śmigły Jack Corbu (1930) Stanisław Maczek Amha Selassie of Ethiopia Dr. Dimitrie Tușinschi (1928) Rudolf Walden...
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    which was temporarily removed. The city was renamed Maczków (after Stanisław Maczek) from 1945 to 1947. Once the British recognised the pro-Soviet government...
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    Cavalry Brigade from Rzeszów 10 Brygada Kawalerii Zmotoryzowanej płk. Stanisław Maczek   Śląsk Operational Group – gen. Jan Jagmin-Sadowski 23rd Infantry...
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    Corps (Lt Gen John Crocker) Polish 1st Armoured Division (Maj Gen Stanisław Maczek) 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division (Maj Gen Gordon MacMillan) British...
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  • Suwalska Cavalry Brigade from Independent Operational Group Narew) a ^ Stanisław Maczek, another Polish commander with the reputation of being undefeated,...
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    Polish general, considered, along with Generals Wiktor Thommée and Stanisław Maczek, to have been one of the most successful Polish Armed Forces commanders...
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    born in Anderlecht. His father was Polish and served under General Stanisław Maczek during World War II, while his mother was German. His first record...
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  • Staff Battalion, in Żagań 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade "Lt.-Gen. Stanisław Maczek", in Świętoszów Command Battalion 1st Tank Battalion with Leopard 2A4...
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    Montgomery in conversation with Major General Stanisław Maczek during his visit to the 1st Polish Armoured Division Headquarters in Breda, 25 November...
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    city. In addition, the Polish 10th Motorised Brigade, under Colonel Stanisław Maczek, arrived and started the heavy fighting to take back the suburb of...
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    childhood, he lived in a top-floor flat at 55 Marchmont Crescent. General Stanisław Maczek (1892-1994), World War II Polish tank commander who was instrumental...
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