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Polskie organizacje kombatanckie w Wielkiej Brytanii w latach 1945-1948
Subtitle:Polish combatant organisations in Great Britain in 1945–1948 ; Polskie organizacje kombatanckie w Wielkiej Brytanii
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Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Publisher:Wydawnictwo Neriton ; Instytut Historii PAN
Place of publishing: Date issued/created: Description:Bibliography p. 488-507. Index ; On the cover: "Prawda i pamięć" ; 528, [9] p. : ill. color ; 25 cm ; Summary in English.
Subject and Keywords:Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantów - Great Britain - history ; Polish people - Great Britain - 20th c. ; Polish people - Great Britain - societies, etc. ; Polish people - political activity - Great Britain ; veterans - Poland - societies, etc.
Abstract:
The publication discusses the first, little known period in the activity of the three most important Polish combatant organisations in the United Kingdom after 1945: Samopomoc Wojska – the Army Self Help Society (from 1946 known as Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantów – the Polish Ex-Combatants Association ) whose members were primarily soldiers of the land forces, Samopomoc Lotnicza – the Polish Air Force Association, and Samopomoc Marynarki Wojennej – the Polish Naval Association. Among the three organisations a distinctive part was played by the Polish Air Force Association. Its special status was due to the fact that it had been established already at the end of June 1945, and thus prior to the withdrawal by the British authorities of their recognition for the Government of the Republic of Poland in London (5 July 1945; at the same time the British acknowledged the new government in Warsaw, created under the auspices of the Soviet Union). Anther feature which distinguished the Polish Air Force Association were its particularly close relations with the British hosts – airmen belonging to the Royal Air Force Association – owing to the tradition of joint combat and especially the memory of the part played by Polish airmen in the Battle of Britain (1940).
978-83-89729-60-6 (Neriton ; opr.)
Source:IH PAN, call no. II.11787 ; IH PAN, call no. II.11786 Podr. (Arch.) ; click here to follow the link
Language: Language of abstract: Rights:Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license
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Digitizing institution:Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Original in:Library of the Institute of History PAS
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