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Old 05-18-2009, 05:12 AM   #534
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Polish frontline photos - 1939:

A girl from railway service and a soldier of an armoured unit - Poland, first days of war, September of 1939:



Soldiers of 80. Infantry Regiment during concentration of forces near Plonsk - last days of August of 1939:



German POWs captured during one of combats in Warsaw:



Battery of artillery from I. battalion of 9 Light Artillery Regiment while firing - near Krojanty and Klodawa - early September of 1939:



Local civilians are helping artillery crews:



Artillery platoon of 1. Sea Rifle Regiment on its combat post - Polish Coast - 05.09.1939:



Battle of Bzura - soldiers of 19. Infantry Regiment in trenches near Rąbierz - awaiting for another attack of German Panzers:



Column of Polish army during withdrawal - September of 1939:



Resting and preparing grenades for another combat - September of 1939:



Polish defensive positions near Pultusk - September of 1939:



They haven't slept for 5 days & nights - near Rozan - around 5th - 6th of September of 1939:



Regiment is withdrawing from Wyszkow after hard fight - north Poland - September of 1939 - local civilians observing last hours of their freedom:



Polish soldiers on positions near Pultusk - September of 1939:



Colonel Boleslav Burski on combat post - September of 1939:



Unit is encircled - documents are being burned before capitulation or attempt of breaking through:



Well known photo (probably was posted here before) - German POW 1939:



Polish reinforcements marching towards defensive positions in Silesia - 02.09.1939:



Artilelry post near Fortress Modlin:



Warsaw - poster "TO ARMS !" - September of 1939 - civilian refugees:



Polish cavalry squadron supporting infantry in Sochaczew at the Bzura - 14.09.1939:



Observation post of 10. Motorized Brigade during combats - September of 1939:



Captain of Polish unit discusses the situation - late September or early October of 1939:



Soldiers of 10. Motorized Brigade before crossing the Hungarian border after the Soviet Invasion of Poland:



Before crossing the Hungarian border - "We left everything behind us - our families...":



Soldiers of 10. Motorized Brigade near the city of Lwow - 17.09.1939 - soon after receiving order to withdraw to Hungary due to the Soviet Invasion of Poland:



Polish AT gun in combat - 14.09.1939:



During withdrawal to Hungary and Romania - 19.09.1939 - near the city of Stryj:



Major K. Chlapowski says good buy and thank you to his uhlans - 27.09.1939 - Warsaw:



Command of 6. Infantry Division - 20.09.1939 - in the forest near Werchrata - hard descision to make - capitulate or keep fighting despite hopeless situation:



Baricade, Siege of Warsaw - September of 1939:



Soldiers of Polish Jozef Pilsudski's elite 1st Legionary Infantry Division on 09.09.1939 during short break in combats against superior German forces - the division was destroyed as late as on 23.09.1939 after the Last Stand near Tarnawatka - Antoniowka and Niemirowek:



3 Luftwaffe pilots captured by Polish police - September of 1939:



Polish post during the battle of Gdynia and Kepa Oksywska - one of the most fierce battles of the campaign:



The same position:



Wounded soldiers of Army "Poznan" in hospital in Fortress Modlin - end of September of 1939:



Polish cavalry attacking Germans near Walewica, Polish offensive at the Bzura:



Polish cavalry observing an air combat of Polish and German Air Force:



Another one:



Street combats in Leczyca on 09.09.1939 - Polish offensive at the Bzura:



German POW captured by 10. Motorized Brigade:



Polish bomber airmen after combat mission - 04.09.1939:



Capitulation of Warsaw:



Destroyed by German artillery and Kriegsmarine forest in Hel Peninsula and a Polish soldier from units which were defending Hel:



Wounded Polish soldier and Polish nurse:



Warsaw - wounded Polish soldiers:



Officers of 10. Motorized Brigade - September of 1939, somewhere in Southern Poland:



KIA Polish and German soldiers after a combat which was won by Poles:


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