THE POLISH ARMY IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, 1943-1945 - General Bolesław Duch, the Commander of the Division, is third from the right (displaying a divisional shoulder flash) and Lieutenant Colonel Walenty Peszek, the Commander of the 1st Brigade, is smiling behind General Sosnkowski's shoulder. General Kazimierz Sosnkowski, the C-in-C of the Polish Armed Forces, chatting with troops of an assault unit of the 3rd Battalion (1st Rifle Brigade, 3rd Carpathian Rifles Division, 2nd Polish Corps). They are all wearing British Army mountain warfare uniforms with Skeleton Assault Jerkins and are armed w
THE POLISH ARMY IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, 1943-1945 - General Bolesław Duch, the Commander of the Division, is third from the right (displaying a divisional shoulder flash) and Lieutenant Colonel Walenty Peszek, the Commander of the 1st Brigade, is smiling behind General Sosnkowski's shoulder. General Kazimierz Sosnkowski, the C-in-C of the Polish Armed Forces, chatting with troops of an assault unit of the 3rd Battalion (1st Rifle Brigade, 3rd Carpathian Rifles Division, 2nd Polish Corps). They are all wearing British Army mountain warfare uniforms with Skeleton Assault Jerkins and are armed with two grenades and Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk1 rifles. Photograph taken at Rionero in Vulture, 28/29 March 1944 Polish Army, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Polish Corps, II, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Carpathian Rifles Divisior, 3, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Carpathian Rifles Bde, 1, 8th Army, Sosnkowski, Kazimierz, Duch, Bolesław Bronisław, Peszek, Walenty
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