Gallery – Polish Armed Forces in USSR
Palestine 1
1943
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Palestine 2
1943
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Palestine
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tel Aviv 1
1943
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Israel
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tel Aviv 2
1943
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tel Aviv 3
1943
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Israel
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tel Aviv 4
1943 Irena Rytwinska in black swimsuit
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Israel
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tel Aviv 5
1943, Irena second from left
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Israel
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Algeria to England
1943
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Algeria
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Algeria to England, 2
1943
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Algeria
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Pyramids in Egypt
Polish encampment in June 1942 in Egypt.
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Egypt
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Encampment
Tents in Egypt in June 1942 for Polish Officers in training.
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Egypt
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Dress parade in Egypt
Training for armored division officers took place in Egypt near the Pyramids. This is the dress parade for the Commanding General held June 1942.
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Egypt
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Released from Siberia, December 1941
Recruits in Totskoye. The small x marks Stefan Makochin (he is below the x) and to his immediate right (left on the photo) is Zdzislaw Starostecki.
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tank Battalion leaves Totskoye
Written on the back of this photo: USSR 8 Feb 1942 (Jan was crossed out) - Tank Battalion leaves Tockoje headed south to Nikolajewki near the Chinese border.
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Winter camp
Polish Army's first winter in Russia
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Totskoye in winter
New recruits in Totskoye
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Time off from training
Swimming in 1942 while in Palestine
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Palestine
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Summer in the Middle East
Two friends enjoy the sun in the summer of 1942.
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Summer in Kirkuk
Group photograph of first summer in Kirkuk, having left Siberia.
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Iraq
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Group photograph in Kirkuk in 1943
Group photograph in Kirkuk in 1943
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Iraq
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Zdzislaw Starostecki , ready to deploy
TelAviv in 1943
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Israel
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Polish soldiers in transit
Soldiers in training and in transit
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Leaving Russia
Polish army soldiers aboard ship (Profireteor ?) leaving Krasnovosk to Pahlevi. Written on the back of this photo: 31 March 1943 (obviously in error & should be 1942)- Uroczy, USSR behind us - On the way from Krasnowodz to Pahlevi (Persia) via the Caspian Sea on the tanker "Profinterm" (Exact spelling of the name of the ship is hard to make out).
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Uzbekistan
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Gathering in Kirkuk, September 1943
Gathering in Kirkuk, September 1943
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Iraq
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Church services in the desert
Church services in the desert
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Enjoying good company
In the Middle East, before deploying to Italy.
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Polish Soldiers in the desert
Somewhere in the middle east in 1943
Richard Starostecki
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Stefania Puć
Stefania Puć
Christine Górniak
During WWII
Egypt
Ain-Karem
Women's Army Auxiliary Service
polscy zesłańcy
polscy zesłańcy
Sybirak Assoc - Łódź
During WWII
Poland
Semipałatyńsk, Kazachska SRS
dzieci polskie na zesłaniu
dzieci polskie na zesłaniu
Sybirak Assoc - Łódź
Poland
Semipałatyńsk, Kazachska SRS