Gallery – Polish 2nd Corps
Adolf Iwanica’s tombstone
Adolf Iwanica’s tombstone
Janina Iwanica
During WWII
Iraq
Baghdad
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Adolf Iwanica’s tombstone
Adolf Iwanica’s tombstone
Janina Iwanica
During WWII
Iraq
Baghdad
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Adolf Iwanica’s tombstone
Adolf Iwanica’s tombstone
Janina Iwanica
During WWII
Iraq
Baghdad
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Adolf Iwanica’s possessions
These two items, a pocket knife with attachments and a wooden cigarette holder, belonged to Adolf Iwanica.
Janina Iwanica
During WWII
Iraq
Baghdad
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Kazik Kaczanowski_later years
Kazik Kaczanowski_later years
Anna Kaczanowski
After WWII
Canada
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Kazik and friends in Italy
Kazik (top left) and his war buddies in Italy.
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Bez Wody Italy 1944
Bez Wody Italy 1944 - Kazik on a tank with a sign saying "without water".
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Kazik with friends, Italy
Kazik with friends, Italy - Kazik (with cigerette), Wladek Oshmak (2nd from the left). Others unknown.
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Kazik in Italy, 1944
Kazik in Italy, 1944
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Kazik_having_drinks_in_italy
Kazik and unknown soldiers sharing coffee in Italy.
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
2nd Corps soldiers sitting on a hill, Italy
2nd Corps soldiers sitting on a hill, Italy - Kazik with a cigarette and camera.
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Montegranaro, Italy
Kazik pointing at the sign of Montegranaro. The soldier holding a book is Boleslaw Makowski.
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Kazik sitting on a monument in Italy
Kazik sitting on a monument in Italy - Soldiers unknown. Do you recognize anyone?
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Kazimierz in Italy, 1944
Kazimierz in Italy, 1944
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Kazik’s Polish 2nd Corps Army Jacket
Kazik’s Polish 2nd Corps Army Jacket
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Army wallet and lire, Italy
Army wallet and lire, Italy - Kazik's Army wallet with leftover coins he took from Italy.
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Kazik and Wladek Oshmak, Italy
Kazik and Wladek Oshmak, Italy - Kazik and good friend Wladek Oshmak in Italy havin' a beer.
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Polish soldier in Venice
Polish soldier in Venice - Kazimierz Kaczanowski at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy.
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Italy
Venice
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Kazimierz, Wladek Oshmak, and friends
Kazimierz, Wladek Oshmak, and friends - Kazimierz (top middle) Wladek Oshmak (on the right) and unknown friends at St. Mark's Basilica,Venice, Italy.
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Italy
Venice
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Polish soldiers, Vatican City
Polish soldiers, Vatican City - Kazimierz and friends at the Vatican, Italy. Popular background photo for Polish 2nd Corps.
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Italy
Rome
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
General Anders addressing Polish 2nd Corps, Italy
General Anders addressing Polish 2nd Corps, Italy
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Kazik Kaczanowski – early years
Kazik Kaczanowski – early years
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
General Anders issuing medals, Italy
General Anders issuing medals, Italy
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Kazik Kaczanowski’s medals
Kazik Kaczanowski’s medals
Anna Kaczanowski
After WWII
Canada
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
General Anders
General Anders in front of Kino Polish theatre.
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Army Tent Encampment
Undated photo of 2nd Corps tent encampment. You can see how they've dug down and then piled dirt around the outside of the tents to try to insulate the tent interiors. I don't know the names of any of the men in this picture.
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Photo 2nd Corps in Tank(?) – Zygmunt Kropka is the one riding inside
No date or comments on this photo. Assume it is in Italy judging by the landscape and farmhouse in the background. Don't know the names of the other men in the photo, but my father is the one inside the tank, if that is what this vehicle is called.
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Photo of a Tank with Quizil-Ribat painted on its side- Loreto airfield, Italy, August 1945?
This photo is undated and has no comments. From other sources, I would guess that this was Field Marshal Alexander (Commander of Allied Armies in Italy) and General Anders saluting the 2nd Corps and others in August 15 1945 on the Loreto airfield in Italy. This photo was with my father's other military photos.
After WWII
Iraq
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Military Photo of Zygmunt T. Kropka
Military photo of Zygmunt Kropka in uniform of the 2nd Corps 3rd division Rifle Carpathians. Note the "Christmas Tree" insignia on the left shoulder. Photo is undated but says England on the back so it must be postwar when he was part of the Polish Resettlement Corps and staying at the Stover Hostel near Newton Abbot.
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Stanislaw Tarazewicz, military ID
2nd Lieutenant in 2 Corps - 20 Aug 1945
Stanislaw Tarazewicz
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)