Polish 2nd Corps (1943-1947)

Facts

Information

Exhibitions

Anders Army in the Near and Middle East – Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Egypt
Units of the 2nd Corps
Support services (medical, administrative, informational, educational, cultural affairs)
Youth Brigade
Women’s Auxiliary Service
Polish schools at 2 Corps
Soldier Bear ‘Wojtek’ and other animals in the 2nd Corps
W. Muller - a soldier of the 2nd Corps playing the violin - on the right shoulder there is a special badge of the 8th British Army, awarded to the soldiers of the 2nd Corps after the Battle of Monte Cassino by General Olivier Leese, Italy; source: private collection of Abram Perelberg, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
Italian Campaign – life beyond the front

Abram Perelberg – soldier of the 2nd Corps, Italy; source: private collection of Abram Perelberg, Kresy-Siberia Foundation
Soldiers of the 2nd Corps – their previous lives, nationalities

Relationships & Memories

Gen. Władysław Anders with his wife Irena and daughter Anna Maria, post-war period, England; source: private collection of Irena Anders, Kresy-Siberia Foundation

People

The figures associated with this gallery and their biographies are described on the Wall of Tribute

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