Polish Naval Memories of WWII
On the eve of WW2, 30th August 1939, three Polish destroyers escape to G.B. Two Polish submarines also escape in September. Most of the remaining Polish Navy fleet are destroyed in battle and the Polish Navy capitulates on 1st October. Under the high command of the British R.N. the Polish Navy continues to fight from exile.
Escape of the 3 Polish destroyers to GB 30th August 1939
Defence of the Baltic – 1st-25th September 1939
ORP Orzel escapes the Baltic, 15th September – 14th October
Heroism in Casablanca, September
Polish-British Naval Agreement is signed 18th November 1939
Winston Churchill visits Polish Navy in Plymouth, September