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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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,
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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,
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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.
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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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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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the only female Silent Unseen agent to be dropped into occupied Poland; she served as a courier between Home Army Headquarters and the
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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
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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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to be used in covert support operations. The force was to be employed solely in aid of a future
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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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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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organizer of a partisan unit of his name in the Warsaw area, arrested by the
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in Poland, air delivery of arms and supplies, and training of paratroops.
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In Poland the Silent Unseen were assigned mostly to special units of the
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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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9 were shot down with their planes before reaching their targets.
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10 committed suicide in German prisons or concentration camps;
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master's degree. Awarded the Silver Cross of Military Virtue.
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was published in two volumes in communist Poland in 1985 by
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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;
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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
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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
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psychological and technical investigations course (
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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:. 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Index

Cichociemni

Dębowiec
occupied Poland
Polish government-in-exile
Special operations
Polish Underground State
Polish government-in-exile
World War II
Operation Tempest
Operation Ostra Brama
Lwów Uprising
Warsaw Uprising
Polish
[t͡ɕixɔˈt͡ɕɛmɲi]
special-operations
Polish Army in exile
Great Britain
World War II
occupied Poland
SOE
Red Army
Gestapo
Polish People's Republic
Warsaw Uprising
Brindisi
German-occupied countries
Captain
invasion of Poland
ZWZ

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