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Old 07-30-2014, 03:48   #13
Jim72
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Originally Posted by uplink5 View Post
Also, Polish resistance during WWII (known as the AK) was the largest resistance organization in Nazi occupied Europe of the war, and number an estimated 650,000 by 1944. It is most notable for disrupting German supply lines to the Eastern Front, providing military intelligence to the British, and for saving more Jewish lives in the Holocaust than any other allied organization or government.
The polish parachute brigade led by Gen Sosabowski was an outstanding unit too, and he didn't much tolerate fools either so quite often ran afoul of allied command with his 'opinions'. It was a sad event (in my opinion) when the allies left the poles to their fate when they rose up against the Germans in Warsaw.
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