THE POLISH ARMY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1942-1943 - A tragedy occured when this batch of Poles almost reached their destination in Palestine. One of the trucks overturned, killing six of the men and injuring many more. The six men are being buried by their comrades, some of whom acting guard of honour at the grave sides. Priests and soldiers kneel in prayer at the Kordian Zamorski, the CO of the Polish Army Depot in Palestine, throwing a handful of earth on the coffins. After the Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939 large numbers of Polish troops were rounded up and impri
THE POLISH ARMY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1942-1943 - A tragedy occured when this batch of Poles almost reached their destination in Palestine. One of the trucks overturned, killing six of the men and injuring many more. The six men are being buried by their comrades, some of whom acting guard of honour at the grave sides. Priests and soldiers kneel in prayer at the Kordian Zamorski, the CO of the Polish Army Depot in Palestine, throwing a handful of earth on the coffins. After the Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939 large numbers of Polish troops were rounded up and imprisoned in various Gulag camps by the Russians along with enormous number of civilians. Following German invasion of Soviet Union and the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement, these Poles were 3 May 1942 various units of the Polish Army in the Soviet Union (mainly 9th and 10th Infantry Divisions) were merged with the Polish Independent Carpathian Rifles Brigade to form the 3rd Carpathian Rifles pictures show Polish troops arriving in Palestine (very likely Quastina camp) and being fitted out, British Army, Polish Army, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Polish Army in the Middle East, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Polish Corps, II, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Carpathian Rifles Divisior, 3, Zamorski, Kordian Józef
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