Mark Have you thought about contacting Boguslaw Turkiewicz (son of your grandfather's brother Jozef) directly regarding further information about Mieczyslaw...
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annapacewicz
Nov 17, 2012 10:49 pm
Dear Mark, There are so many parallel stories and I am feeling terrible that my Uncle Jozef is now dead and I really don't know what happened to him in the...
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annapacewicz
Nov 17, 2012 11:13 pm
Dear group, I am just reading Anders memoirs "Army in Exile". He regarding Berling as a traitor because he deserted the Polish Army in the USSR. I quote "I had...
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lenardaszymczak
Nov 17, 2012 11:27 pm
Anna, you have described how my Uncle was injured; it was always a guess on my part and never confirmed. But how do you explain a back/spinal injury ...
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annapacewicz
Nov 17, 2012 11:30 pm
Dear group From Richard Overy's "Russia's War" I quote a passage on the Soviet ORDER 227 "NE SHAGU NAZAD" - "Not a step back!" "On July 28 (1942) Stalin ......
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lenardaszymczak
Nov 17, 2012 11:35 pm
This could indicate that the Polish teenagers taken by Germans, while they were retreating as slave workers, in 1942, could consider themselves lucky in a...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Nov 18, 2012 2:12 am
Yes Halina, both my sister and I had been in touch with Bogus, 'met' his family. He does go after some family information but had nothing on Mieczyslaw other...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Nov 18, 2012 2:22 am
I dont know of such archives but I have a few pending requests out there in russia, and will let you know. I had a recent negative response from IPN, very...
A Biography of No Place: From Ethnic Borderland to Soviet Heartland - Page 277 - Google Books Result ...
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Richard Kozlowski
r52302
Nov 18, 2012 3:08 am
Group, Apologies if I have asked this question before, but does anyone have any information on the Polish 3rd Armoured Brigade that would have taken part in...
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lenardaszymczak
Nov 18, 2012 3:11 am
Hi group, find below FREE <http://www.ebookscenter.co.uk/> http://www.ebookscenter.co.uk/images/logo.gif...
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lenardaszymczak
Nov 18, 2012 3:14 am
Rich, my dad was in 8th Pulk, Calvary, captured 1939 and spent the rest of the war in Stalag 1-A. Lenarda, Australia From: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com...
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Richard Kozlowski
r52302
Nov 18, 2012 3:35 am
Thank you, Lenarda. Do you know the connection between the 8th and the 3rd? By the way, although I receive every KS post, I don't have time to read all of...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Nov 18, 2012 3:52 am
Thanks Lenarda, as always. Mark T. Canada ________________________________ From: LenardaSzymczak <szymczak01@...> To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com...
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lenardaszymczak
Nov 18, 2012 4:13 am
I do not know connection, but, even though I could not help, I wanted to let you know you were not alone. Lenarda, Australia From:...
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lenardaszymczak
Nov 18, 2012 4:17 am
All good, happy to help Lenarda, Australia From: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Sent: Sunday, 18...
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Richard Kozlowski
r52302
Nov 18, 2012 4:33 am
Thank you, nor are you. Rich Kozlowski, Ohio, USA...
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lenardaszymczak
Nov 18, 2012 5:22 am
Hey Group, we are back on track with positive, after reading all your research and good comments, you make me smile, we as KS GROUP did not lower our standard,...
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Mark and Oyun
mark_oyun
Nov 18, 2012 5:37 am
Dear Rich, Excuse my stupid question , but do you mean the 3rd Armoured Battalion... or do you in fact mean Brigade? ...
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lenardaszymczak
Nov 18, 2012 5:40 am
Rich, Is this the Armoured Division you are looking for? From Wiki http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t ...
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Mark and Oyun
mark_oyun
Nov 18, 2012 5:53 am
Dear Anna, The usual (English language)figure quoted for Poles evacuated from France is in the 20,000 region. ...
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Stanislaw Zwierzynski
zwierzinski1957
Nov 18, 2012 11:03 am
Hi, Anna! That's my opinion on your question. From the point of view of Anders - Berling was a traitor. But from the point of view of Stalin and environment -...
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Helen Bitner
helenbitner
Nov 18, 2012 12:58 pm
Please welcome John to the group. He has many years experience in research and has a special interest in and much information about Hurricane and Spitfire...
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John Engelsted
johnengelsted
Nov 18, 2012 1:09 pm
Thank you, Helen. I want to add that I am always looking for pilots logbooks for my research. I know that many have been cheated when loaning logbooks to...
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Richard Kozlowski
r52302
Nov 18, 2012 2:23 pm
Mark (and Lenarda), thanks so much for your information. Truth is, I have no idea whether I mean battalion or brigade...I am trying to decipher the back of a...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Nov 18, 2012 2:58 pm
Think of it this way: The smallest infantry group is a squad of ten or twelve men. Four squads make up a platoon, and four platoons plus headquarters make up a...
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Mark and Oyun
mark_oyun
Nov 18, 2012 3:23 pm
Dear Group, Poles in the Red Army… how many? I think you will find that there were not that many Poles (from the Kresy) fighting in the Red Army from the...
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Mark and Oyun
mark_oyun
Nov 18, 2012 3:43 pm
Dear Rich and Dan, I don't think there was a 3rd Armoured Brigade in 1939 so I guess the B in 3 B.P. is "batalion";. Oh, and your photo attachment didn't seem...
