Second Polish Army (1944–45)
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The Polish Second Army was a Polish Army unit formed in the Soviet Union in 1944 as part of the People's Army of Poland. The organization began in August under the command of generals Karol Świerczews
Motorcyclists of the 2nd Polish Army during the Lusatian operation, April 1945
Memorial stone in Bautzen
Karol Świerczewski (front). The two other officers are Marian Spychalski and Michał Rola-Żymierski
Karol Świerczewski
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Karol Wacław Świerczewski was a Polish and Soviet Red Army general and statesman. He was a Bolshevik Party member and served in the Soviet Red Army during the Russian Civil War and participated in the
Second Polish Army (1944–45)
…Army unit formed in the Soviet Union in 1944 as part of the People's Army of Poland. The organization began in August under the command of generals Karol Świerczewski and Stanislav Poplavsky, and the formation under command of general Świerczewski entered active duty in January 1945. The Second Army suffered heavy…
"General Walter" (Świerczewski, left) and Vladimir Ćopić in Spain, 1937
Świerczewski's monument near his place of death, in Bieszczady mountains. It has since been demolished.
Academic conference on Karol Wacław Świerczewski in Stężnica in Gmina Baligród