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fredvogels Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:22:00 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-countries/polish-contingent/101066-info-Contingent-Polish-.html
1st Independent Parachute Brigade (Poland) liberation of Overasselt https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-countries/polish-contingent/1-independent-parachute-brigade-poland-/3633-1st-independent-parachute-brigade-poland-liberation-of-overasselt.html The liberation of this area by the American 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 504th Parachute Infantry, and a battalion of Brigadier-General Sosabowski's Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade.
On September 17 and 18, 1944, supply drops took place over Overasselt for General James M. Gavin's units (the headquarters of the 82nd Airborne Division). These supply drops took place in the context of Operation Market Garden. The materials dropped could be identified by the colour of the parachute. ]]>
fredvogels Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:18:34 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-countries/polish-contingent/1-independent-parachute-brigade-poland-/3633-1st-independent-parachute-brigade-poland-liberation-of-overasselt.html
1st Independent Parachute Brigade (Poland) https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-countries/polish-contingent/1-independent-parachute-brigade-poland-/3719-1st-independent-parachute-brigade-poland-.html Major-General Stanislaw Sosabowski, born in Galicia in 1892, was highly regarded by his troops. He fought in Warsaw against the German invaders of Poland, and was highly decorated for his actions. Sosabowski then escaped via France to Great Britain, where he rose to command of the First Independent Polish Parachute Brigade Group. Many of his men died in the battle for Arnhem. Montgomery and Browning held Sosabowski personally responsible for the failure of Operation Market Garden. He was relieved of his command, and left the army in 1947. Sosabowski died in exile in Great Britain in 1967, and was buried in Warsaw. The Polish general was used as a scapegoat on whom Montgomery and Browning could place the blame for the fiasco of the battle for Arnhem. It was only the inhabitants of Driel who recognised the tragedy of the struggle by the Polish army troops, who had suffered heavy losses through unfavourable circumstances and through bad planning by the British High Command. They see the Polish soldiers as their liberators, with General Stanislaw Sosabowski at their head. ]]> fredvogels Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:18:34 +0100 https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/other-countries/polish-contingent/1-independent-parachute-brigade-poland-/3719-1st-independent-parachute-brigade-poland-.html