THE POLISH ARMY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1942-1943 - The Regent of Iraq, inspecting the Polish team before start of the game. General Władysław Anders is shaking hands with the Polish team goalkeeper and General Henry Maitland Wilson is on the far left. A great football match was played in Baghdad between teams of the British Army and the Polish Army in the East. All members of both teams were league and professional footballers, but the Poles easily outclassed the British players. Many of the Poles were from the famous Cracow club (either TS Wisła Kraków or KS Cracovia), the 'Arsenal' of Poland. T
THE POLISH ARMY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1942-1943 - The Regent of Iraq, inspecting the Polish team before start of the game. General Władysław Anders is shaking hands with the Polish team goalkeeper and General Henry Maitland Wilson is on the far left. A great football match was played in Baghdad between teams of the British Army and the Polish Army in the East. All members of both teams were league and professional footballers, but the Poles easily outclassed the British players. Many of the Poles were from the famous Cracow club (either TS Wisła Kraków or KS Cracovia), the 'Arsenal' of Poland. The final score was 4-0 for the Polish notables were present to watch the game, including the Regent of Iraq, Prince Crown Abdul Ilah of Hejaz; General Henry Maitland Wilson, the C-in-C of the Middle East Force; General Władysław Anders, the CO of the Polish Army in the East; and others. Pictures show incidents during the game, British Army, Polish Army, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Polish Army in the East, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Polish Corps, II, Wilson, Henry Maitland, Anders, Władysław, Abd al-Ilah of Hejaz, Regent of Iraq
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