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operatives. Only 606 people completed the training, and eventually 316 of them were secretly parachuted into occupied Poland. The first operation ("air bridge", as it was called) took place on 15 February 1941. This operation was conducted by
Captain Józef Zabielski, Major Stanisław Krzymowski and
1034:
Dropped on the night of 16–17 September 1943, along with Bronisław Rachwał "Glin" and
Kazimierz Smolaker "Nurek", as part of Operation “Neon 1”. Initially he was a staff officer in a Home Army unit commanded by Tadeusz Kuncewicz "Podkowa". Eventually, he became commanding officer of the 4th company
219:
The origins of the name are obscure and may never be known with certainty. "Silent Unseen" probably related to how some soldiers seemingly disappeared from their line units overnight to volunteer for special operations service, and it also describes those "who appear silently where they are least
467:
Though the Silent Unseen were organized in collaboration with SOE, it was largely independent. The Polish section of SOE was the only one which freely chose its own men and operated its own radio communications with an occupied country. Additionally, the identities of the Polish agents were known
394:
376:
During the first phase of training, all the volunteers were taught to use every kind of weapon (British, Polish, German, Russian and
Italian weapons) and mines. In additional courses, the soldiers were trained in basic covert operations, topography, cryptography, and sharpshooting. They were also
231:
Initially, the name was informal and was used mainly by soldiers who volunteered to parachute into Poland. However, from
September 1941 the name became official and was used in all documents. It was applied to the secret Polish Headquarters training unit created to provide agents with necessary
832:
organizer of the Huta Stepańska and 700 strong Huta Stara (Bomba's Unit) self-defences. Kidnapped by Soviet
Partisans in December 1943 and imprisoned in the Soviet gulags. Released in 1956 and returned to Poland, worked and studied at the Higher School of Economics, graduating in 1963 with a
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operating in
Silesia, disrupting German communications and harassing their retreating forces. After the arrival of Russian forces, he was at the disposal of Area Commander Kraków, where he was Chief of Action 2 and Military Intelligence, Home Army Headquarters.
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Through 27 December 1944, 316 soldiers and 28 emissaries successfully parachuted into Poland. Additionally, 17 agents were dropped into
Albania, France, Greece, Italy and Yugoslavia. An unknown number of Poles (including the best known,
468:
only to the Polish
General Staff. Those transported to Poland included soldiers of all grades. The oldest was 54 years old, the youngest was 20. As a rule, all volunteers were promoted one rank at the moment of their jump.
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forgery specialist, help set up the Home Army's document forgery department, codenamed 'Agaton section'; commander of 'Agaton
Platoon' during the Warsaw Uprising; later he became an aide-de-camp to the Home Army's C-in-C,
223:
The Silent Unseen were trained initially in
Scotland in preparation for missions for the Polish underground in occupied Poland, such as building-clearance and bridge-demolition. In 1944, training was also carried out in
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took place on 15 February 1941. The Allied air commands carried out 483 air-bridge operations all together, losing 68 planes to crashes and enemy fire. Apart from the Silent Unseen themselves, some 630 tons of war
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intelligence operations. During the Warsaw Uprising, he was deputy commander of "Agaton" Platoon, and finally commander of "Communications Unit 59", a detachment protecting the Home Army General Staff.
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coordinators, 11 were instructors of armored forces and instructors in anti-tank warfare at secret military schools, 3 were trained in forging documents, 169 were trained in covert operations and
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Soon after, the General Staff's Section III began recruiting volunteers. Those selected left their erstwhile units in secret, silently and at night – hence, the perhaps at first facetious name,
262:, General Zając, replied that, while creation of such a unit would be a good move, the Polish Air Force had no means of transport and no training facilities for such a unit.
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district. He organized a large Home Army unit, Zgrupowania Partyzanckie Armii Krajowej "Ponury". He was killed in action near the village of Jewlaszcze on 16 June 1944.
381:, and shooting at invisible targets. The briefing course included learning a new, false identity. All soldiers who passed the training were sworn in as members of the
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taught details of life in occupied Poland, from German-imposed laws to current fashions in occupied Warsaw. The fourth course included all kinds of covert operations,
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political courier Czesław Raczkowski. After 27 December 1944 further operations were discontinued, as by then most of Poland had been occupied by the
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and his regular fighting against German anti-partisan units, he organized hideouts for Jewish refugees in his partisan camps. After the war, he joined
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317:("Silent Unseen"). Of 2,413 candidates, only 605 managed to complete the training and pass all the tests; of those, 579 qualified for airlift.
460:) were also parachuted into France by the British Special Operations Executive to start an underground movement among the half-million-strong
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Dropped into Poland in the first Cichociemni operation, the night of 15–16 February 1941, with Stanisław Krzymowski and Czesław Raczkowski.
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1049:, tortured, and tried in secret on 3 November 1948. He was sentenced to death and executed on 7 March 1949. His burial place is unknown.
258:, using a group of well-trained envoys. After his report was ignored, Górski resubmitted it several times. Finally the commander of the
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the only female Silent Unseen agent to be dropped into occupied Poland; she served as a courier between Home Army Headquarters and the
277:, they managed to reach the United Kingdom. They studied documents on German paratroops and drafted a plan to create in exile a Polish
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252:, drew up a report for the Polish Chief of Staff. Górski proposed creating a secret unit to maintain contact with the underground
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1254:), was published in 2008. He was 94 years old when it first appeared in bookstores. In 2009 it was translated into English as
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Tobie Ojczyzno – Cichociemni: Wojskowa Formacja Specjalna GROM im. Cichociemnych Spadochroniarzy Armii Krajowej, 1990-2000
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Specialist in document-forging and microphotography, an operative of the "Agaton" legalization section, participant in
552:. Some 37 worked in intelligence, 50 were radio operators and emissaries, 24 were staff officers, 22 were airmen and
203:; the communist regime was hostile to the Cichociemni, considered to be British ideologised infiltrators. Ninety-one
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Operation Jacket and Operation Salamander—the only Silent Unseen to go on two parachute missions and return to base
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organizer of the secret police force, took part in the Warsaw Uprising. After the war, he was arrested by Poland's
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were delivered in special containers. In addition, agents delivered the following sums of money to the Home Army:
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The Unseen and Silent: Adventures from the Underground Movement, Narrated by Paratroops of the Polish Home Army
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The Unseen and Silent: Adventures from the Underground Movement, Narrated by Paratroops of the Polish Home Army
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The Unseen and Silent: Adventures from the Underground Movement, Narrated by Paratroops of the Polish Home Army
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of the 9th Pułk Piechoty Legionów AK of the Local Inspectorate of Home Army "Zamość". In addition to
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The Polish edition was republished in England several times, last in 1973. A miniature version of
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commander of the 3rd Detachment of the Home Army General Staff (air forces and aerial deliveries).
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Drogi cichociemnych: opowiadania zebrane i opracowane przez koło spadochroniarzy Armii Krajowej
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and liberated it with his men, fighting 235 battles between 3 June 1943 and 17 January 1945.
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Of 316 Cichociemni, 103 perished during the war: in combat with the Germans, executed by the
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The first book on the Silent Unseen was published in England in 1954. The Polish edition,
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and spent a long period in prison. After the war, she pursued academic research, earning a
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1356:. Encyklopedia skoczków AK. Introduction with Index of Individual Subpages. Archived from
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expected, play havoc with the enemy and disappear whence they came, unnoticed, unseen."
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in occupied Poland. Their plan was never adopted, but on 20 September 1940 the Polish
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knowledge, money and equipment and to agents who were transported to Poland and other
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84 in fighting against the Germans, or arrested and tortured to death by the Gestapo;
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A total of 2,613 Polish Army soldiers volunteered for training by Polish and British
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Second Lieutenant, later Lieutenant (now Brigadier-General rtd., an honorary rank)
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529:. Many became important staff officers of the Polish Secret Army and took part in
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organizer of a partisan unit of his name in the Warsaw area, arrested by the
1400:"Families of Poland's secret army asked to share stories of wartime Britain"
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in Poland, air delivery of arms and supplies, and training of paratroops.
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The volunteers included 1 general, 112 staff officers, 894 officers, 592
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Jan Górski, a Polish Army officer who had escaped to France after the
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Dropped into Poland on 7 November 1941. He was commanding officer of
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master's degree. Awarded the Silver Cross of Military Virtue.
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328:. The training established by the General Staff's Section VI (
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was published in two volumes in communist Poland in 1985 by
1563:(The Silent Unseen: From Poland to Poland), Wrocław, 1985.
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An urban park commemorating the paratroopers, known as the
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10 were executed by the Communists during or after the war;
791:. The unit's best-known operation was the assassination of
1473:. Słownik biograficzny powiatu łańcuckiego. Archived from
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Dropped into Poland to drop point Wilga during Operation
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organizer of the Cichociemni and the main planner of the
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organizer of a 1000-strong cavalry partisan unit in the
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Military units and formations of Poland in World War II
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Dropped into Poland on 2 September 1942. Commander of
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and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment in the staged
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Station 43: Audley End House and SOE's Polish Section
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Silent and Unseen: I was a WW II Special Ops Commando
1176:, he was released and escaped from Poland in 1946.
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continued studying the possibility of paratroops and
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Polish underground organisations during World War II
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Major Wacław Kopisto - Cichociemny Oficer AK Sybirak
1225:, was published by Veritas; and an English edition,
955:; he survived the war to become a notable architect
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psychological and technical investigations course (
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1261:On 4 August 1995, the Polish special-forces unit
1028:"Zapora" "Odra", "Reżu", "Stary", "Henryk Zagon"
1575:Polskie oddziały specjalne w II wojnie światowej
926:on 12 July 1944, probably tortured to death in
8:
1438:. Wydawnictwo Libra PL sp. z o.o., Rzeszów.
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983:Area, arrested by Gestapo on 24 March 1944.
548:The Silent Unseen assumed various duties in
1283:(Time of Honour), about the Silent Unseen.
1188:Of 344 men transported to Poland, 113 were
1111:Brigadier-General rtd. (an honorary rank)
178:Cichociemni Spadochroniarze Armii Krajowej
1548:, Warsaw, Instytut Wydawniczy PAX, 1984,
1209:Of 91 Silent Unseen who took part in the
687:, he was murdered on 24 December 1946 in
568:The most notable Silent Unseen included:
228:, Italy, which had fallen to the Allies.
1570:(Four of a Thousand), Warsaw, KAW, 1981.
1503:, The History Press, 2006, p. 224,
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1267:adopted the name and traditions of the
745:Polish 27th Home Army Infantry Division
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1354:Sezony operacyjne. Ekipy Spadochronowe
1165:, he subsequently fought in Battalion
26:
1653:Polish resistance during World War II
151:
7:
1229:, was published by Sheed and Ward.
295:Oddział III Sztabu Naczelnego Wodza
1398:Bakare, Lanre (15 February 2021).
763:28 December 1941 and 4 April 1944
330:Oddział VI Sztabu Naczelnego Wodza
25:
1172:Arrested and interrogated by the
1084:. He returned to Poland in 1955.
649:; fought in the Warsaw Uprising.
41:Monument to the Silent Unseen in
1561:Cichociemni: Z Polski do Polski
1155:Stanisław Dmowski - "Podlasiak"
35:
1388:, Sheed and Ward, 1954, p. 350.
1076:Inspectorate, organized Polish
411:inspectorate, 22 September 1944
1421:The Unseen and Silent, p. 350.
1017:and executed in January 1953.
679:organization; arrested by the
336:(SOE) comprised five courses:
1:
1432:Krzysztof A. Tochman (2010).
1382:Kazimierz Iranek-Osmecki (pl)
1290:, was established in 2016 in
349:kurs badań psychotechnicznych
297:). Section III's purpose was
1213:, 18 were killed in action.
334:Special Operations Executive
273:. After the capitulation of
207:operatives took part in the
861:area, broke through to the
807:, in an operation known as
787:group fighting against the
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1314:Polish government-in-exile
1125:Polish Government in Exile
935:Lieutenant, later Captain
905:forces on 21 August 1944.
629:General Staff Section II (
361:covert-operations course (
326:Polish Government in Exile
100:Polish government-in-exile
74:Polish government-in-exile
1127:. After the war, she was
1045:. He was arrested by the
637:); discovered the German
363:kurs walki konspiracyjnej
322:non-commissioned officers
265:Górski and his colleague
234:German-occupied countries
34:
1643:Special forces of Poland
1535:Kazimierz Iranek-Osmecki
1417:Kazimierz Iranek-Osmecki
612:Kazimierz Iranek-Osmecki
201:Polish People's Republic
153:[t͡ɕixɔˈt͡ɕɛmɲi]
96:Polish Underground State
1628:Guerrilla organizations
1541:, Sheed and Ward, 1954.
1277:has produced a series,
1597:Katarzyna Minczykowska
1579:Dom Wydawniczy Bellona
1042:Wolność i Niezawisłość
953:Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski
743:Chief of Staff of the
669:Last commander of the
550:German-occupied Europe
511:. Most of them joined
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1078:self-defence in Wołyń
1031:16–17 September 1943
891:Operation Ostra Brama
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149:Polish pronunciation:
117:Operation Ostra Brama
1633:Military parachuting
1514:Hubert Królikowski,
1324:Warsaw Rising Museum
1319:Stanisław Sosabowski
1244:General Stefan Bałuk
1102:in the Radom-Kielce
1092:Jan Piwnik "Ponury"
734:Tadeusz Klimowski -
685:Trial of the Sixteen
645:testing facility at
564:Famous Silent Unseen
492:Home Army area, 1944
417:air-bridge operation
354:parachuting course (
299:contingency planning
244:On 30 December 1939
162:Polish Army in exile
160:paratroopers of the
1544:Jędrzej Tucholski,
1529:Drogi cichociemnych
1348:KubaWinter (2015).
1252:I was a Cichociemny
1234:Drogi cichociemnych
1152:Lieutenant Colonel
1026:Hieronim Dekutowski
963:Józef Spychalski -
939:Stanisław Jankowski
878:Maciej Kalenkiewicz
874:Lieutenant Colonel
821:Władysław Kochański
810:Operation Kutschera
755:Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt
673:; commander of the
635:counterintelligence
577:Name and pseudonym
475:Silent Unseen of a
267:Maciej Kalenkiewicz
53:16 February 1941 –
1559:Jan Szatsznajder,
1523:Znak cichociemnych
1288:Silent Unseen Park
1248:Byłem Cichociemnym
1120:10 September 1943
899:Battle of Surkonty
751:Second Lieutenant
494:
435:US$ 26,299,375 in
428:40,869,800 forged
413:
400:after delivery to
356:kurs spadochronowy
332:) and the British
291:Władysław Sikorski
287:commander-in-chief
250:invasion of Poland
158:special-operations
84:Special operations
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1145:Gdańsk University
1065:2 September 1942
1010:2 September 1942
976:commander of the
919:18 February 1943
886:28 December 1941
854:17 February 1943
829:2 September 1942
783:organizer of the
600:15 February 1941
533:and uprisings in
531:Operation Tempest
368:briefing course (
303:covert operations
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16:(Redirected from
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1573:G. Korczyński -
1568:Cztery z tysiąca
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1174:Security Service
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1117:- "Zelma", "Zo"
1115:Elżbieta Zawacka
1095:7 November 1941
1047:Security Service
1015:Security Service
1006:Bolesław Kontrym
994:26 January 1943
991:Roman Rudkowski
838:Warrant Officer
803:Police Chief in
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658:Leopold Okulicki
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458:Krystyna Skarbek
451: 3,578,000.
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1546:Cichociemni
1280:Czas honoru
1269:Cichociemni
1246:'s memoir,
910:Lieutenant
842:Adolf Pilch
662:Niedźwiadek
398:Cichociemni
389:Air bridges
315:Cichociemni
205:Cichociemni
145:Cichociemni
106:Engagements
86:paratroops
18:Cichociemni
1607:Categories
1577:, Warsaw,
1364:18 October
859:Nowogródek
647:Peenemünde
415:The first
289:, General
70:Allegiance
1623:Home Army
1469:S.B.P.L.
1304:Home Army
1275:Polish TV
1167:"Andrzej"
1163:Staszek 2
1141:doctorate
1104:Home Army
723:Home Army
671:Home Army
627:Home Army
509:Home Army
497:The fight
477:Home Army
439:and gold;
437:banknotes
402:Home Army
383:Home Army
211:of 1944.
1581:, 2006,
1481:19 April
1451:19 April
1298:See also
1133:tortured
1129:arrested
1037:sabotage
988:Colonel
965:Grudzień
960:Colonel
930:prison.
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863:Kampinos
817:Captain
771:Captain
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654:General
608:Colonel
588:Captain
580:Dropped
514:Wachlarz
422:materiel
309:Training
283:uprising
226:Brindisi
190:Red Army
43:Dębowiec
1217:Postwar
1135:by the
1082:Siberia
1072:in the
924:Gestapo
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789:Gestapo
554:airdrop
379:jujitsu
246:Captain
240:History
197:Gestapo
168:during
60:Country
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1184:Losses
1089:Major
1062:"Kra"
1054:Major
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978:Kraków
943:Agaton
928:Pawiak
915:Skryty
867:Warsaw
850:Dolina
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689:Moscow
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543:Warsaw
490:Kielce
484:unit,
430:zlotys
409:Kielce
275:France
141:Polish
50:Active
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1143:from
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801:Reich
712:Kubuś
583:Note
574:Rank
535:Wilno
526:KeDyw
486:Radom
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405:Radom
1583:ISBN
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1483:2014
1453:2014
1440:ISBN
1366:2015
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1238:Kurs
1131:and
1074:Łuck
969:Luty
903:NKVD
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799:and
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776:Pług
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681:NKVD
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