Tango01 | 21 Jun 2018 10:03 p.m. PST |
"During World War II there were dozens of military formations consisting of foreign nationals fighting alongside the Red Army to turn back the Nazi invasion. Romanians, Polish, Yugoslavians, French, Czechoslovakians, and Hungarians all fought to protect Russia. By 1945, there were a half million soldiers in these formations. While the units were formally under the command of their countries' governments, they were integrated into the Red Army and were led by Soviet commanders…." Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Dave Holden | 22 Jun 2018 1:53 a.m. PST |
"The People's Polish Army began with the 1st Tadeusz Kosciuszko Infantry Division on May 6, 1943. It consisted of Poles that were in the USSR for various reasons" "General Stanislav Poplavsky was the Commander of the First Polish Army. He wrote in his memoirs that the Soviet Army provided them with all the weapons and ammunition they needed but they lacked officers." Who wrote this? The Kremlin? |
kevanG | 22 Jun 2018 5:09 a.m. PST |
A US para captured in Normandy fought for the russians for a while because he was "dead" |
robert piepenbrink | 22 Jun 2018 6:51 a.m. PST |
Dave's right. No one can be ignorant in that way by accident. And once you know a "non-fiction" author is trying to mislead you, he doesn't have much value. |
Silurian | 22 Jun 2018 7:45 a.m. PST |
I read an account once of a British pilot who voluntarily flew for the Russians. I believe his name was Johnny Redburn. |
Blutarski | 22 Jun 2018 7:58 a.m. PST |
"General Stanislav Poplavsky was the Commander of the First Polish Army. He wrote in his memoirs that the Soviet Army provided them with all the weapons and ammunition they needed but they lacked officers." … The "lack" of Polish officers may have been related to the many thousands who were summarily exterminated by the Soviet NKVD in the Katyn Forest shortly after Poland's surrender.
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rougeau | 22 Jun 2018 8:32 a.m. PST |
Hi No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force Operations in Russia, September–November 1941. commanders Wing Commander Henry Neville Gynes Ramsbottom-Isherwood (1941) Aircraft Hawker Hurricane IIB (1941) link French "Escadrille Normadie Niémen" 1943-45 normandieniemen.free.fr |
Jcfrog | 22 Jun 2018 11:44 a.m. PST |
Yes Normandie Niemen, great service. Very much remembered there. A few " malgé lui" Alsatians manages to sesert and convince the ruski they were not Germans. The Poles were by far the most numerous, from pro commie, and pow from 1940. |
robert piepenbrink | 23 Jun 2018 12:44 p.m. PST |
"Poles that were in the USSR for various reasons" The "various reasons" being that the Soviet Union had conquered much of Poland two years prior and was using the enlisted Polish POW's for slave labor, having already shot the officers. Tango, do you read what you post links to? |
Tango01 | 24 Jun 2018 3:57 p.m. PST |
Yes… and that don't mean that I'm agree with the text… Amicalement Armand |
Frontovik | 02 Jul 2018 2:51 a.m. PST |
Late to this but as a modelling challenge the Czechoslovakian Independent Battalion raised at Buzuluk is good. They wore British uniforms, 39 pattern leather equipment and Brodie helmets (all left behind by the Anders Army when they shipped out for the Middle East) with Soviet weapons. |