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    Stanisław Franciszek Sosabowski CBE (Polish pronunciation: [staˈɲiswaf sɔsaˈbɔfskʲi]; 8 May 1892 – 25 September 1967) was a Polish general in World War...
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    The General Stanisław Sosabowski Monument is a monument in Warsaw, Poland, located at the Disabled People Square, near Wojska Polskiego Avenue. It is dedicated...
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    Polish Armed Forces in the West under the command of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski, created in September 1941 during the Second World War and based...
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    afternoon. Delayed by weather, the parachute infantry battalions of Stanisław Sosabowski's 1st (Polish) Parachute Brigade were finally able to take off; 114...
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    Brigade was a parachute brigade under the command of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski, created during the Second World War in Scotland in September 1941...
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    the West Poles in the United Kingdom Great Polish Map of Scotland Stanisław Sosabowski "Astonishing story of unsung WWII hero premieres in captivating new...
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    Airborne Division was the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade (Major-General Stanisław Sosabowski). Operation Market Garden commenced at 14:00H on Sunday 17 September...
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    the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, under Major General Stanisław Sosabowski, attached, would drop at the extreme north end of the route, capturing...
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    in the war film A Bridge Too Far (1977), playing Polish General Stanisław Sosabowski, and was an officer in the French Foreign Legion in March or Die...
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  • there, backed by a brigade of Polish paratroopers under General Stanisław Sosabowski. XXX Armoured Corps is to push up the road over the captured bridges...
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    Independent Parachute Brigade, whose commander was Brigadier General Stanisław Sosabowski, today the patron of the unit. The unit's direct lineage stems from...
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    statesman and scientist Stanisław Świtalski, Polish colonel general Stanisław Sosabowski (1892–1967), Polish general in World War II Stanislaw Tillich (born 1959)...
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    Sendler Władysław Sikorski Ignacy Skorupka Józef Skumin Walery Sławek Stanisław Sosabowski Baruch Steinberg Adam Strzembosz Alexander Suvorov Wisława Szymborska...
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    approximately 6,000 Polish soldiers in exile under the command of Stanisław Sosabowski arrived at La Pallice, from where they were evacuated to Great Britain...
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    Warsaw" Infantry Regiment under colonel (later promoted to general) Stanisław Sosabowski. After the Battle of Bzura ended, the remnants of the Poznań Army...
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    liberated by the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade under Stanisław Sosabowski). Attempts were made to still turn the Battle of Arnhem into an Allied...
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  • destroyed and only the 21st Infantry Regiment of Colonel (later General) Stanisław Sosabowski managed to withdraw from the fights towards the Modlin Fortress....
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    new bridge over the Lower Rhine at Oosterbeek, to be named after Stanisław Sosabowski, the Polish general who also fought in the Battle of Arnhem. Middlebrook...
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    unveiled in 2017. It is a bust depicting Sosabowski. 1st Armoured Division Monument General Stanisław Sosabowski Monument Lech Królikowski: Twierdza Warszawa...
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    joined the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade under General Stanisław Sosabowski. Piwnik was informed of creation of the Cichociemni formation, which...
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    1st Armoured Division (Poland) (Hill 262, Breda, Wilhelmshaven) Stanisław Sosabowski was commander of the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, which...
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    Home Army District of Warsaw led by Lt. Stanisław Janusz Sosabowski [pl] "Stasinek" (son of Stanisław Sosabowski) captured Waffen-SS warehouses on Stawki...
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    Sielecki (1903–1980), Polish engineer and technical director of Fablok Stanisław Sosabowski (1892–1967), Polish general, hero of Arnhem Mordechai Surkis (1908–1995)...
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    prisoner-of-war camp. Within the town, Rock House held the headquarters of Stanisław Sosabowski and the staff of the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade. A...
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  • Orbiter unmanned aerial vehicles 6th Airborne Brigade "Brig. Gen. Stanisław Sosabowski", in Kraków 6th Command Battalion, in Kraków 6th Airborne Battalion...
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    Major-General Stanisław Sosabowski as commanding officer of the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade. Some writers later claimed that Sosabowski had been...
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    distributed its products to retail outlets around the city. Died: Stanisław Sosabowski, 75, Polish Army General who was captured after the defeat of Poland...
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    (1879–1939), politician Piotr Sobociński (1958–2001), cinematographer Stanisław Sosabowski (1892–1967), WWII general Tomasz Stańko (1942–2018), jazz musician...
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    im. gen. broni Tadeusza Buka) - Siedlce 6th Airborne Brigade "BG. Stanisław Sosabowski" (6 Brygada Powietrznodesantowa im. gen. bryg. Stanisława Sosabowskiego)...
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    established in 2016 in Warsaw. Home Army Kedyw Polish government-in-exile Stanisław Sosabowski Warsaw Rising Museum Western betrayal KubaWinter (2015). "Cichociemni"...
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