Stamps of Poland

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Poland - stamps within the Brief History collection

(including the stamps issued by the Polish Government in Exile)

1941

Polish Government in Exile

Mi.360 (Gr 5) - United States Embassy ruins, Warsaw. Ref: Prophila7

Mi.362 (Gr 25) - Destruction of Mickiewicz monument, Krakow. Ref: Prophila7

Mi.363 (Gr 55) - Ruins of the Castle Square, Warsaw. Ref: Prophila7

Mi.365 (Gr 80) - Armoured tank. Ref: Prophila7

1943

Polish Government in Exile

Mi.368 (Gr 5) - Polish aircraft in the battle of the Atlantic. Ref: Prophila7

Mi.369 (Gr 10) - Polish Merchant navy. Ref: Prophila7

Mi.370 (Gr 25) - Polish army in France. Ref: Prophila7

Mi.371 (Gr 55) - Polish soldiers in Narvik. Ref: Prophila7

Mi.373 (Gr 75) - Polish army in Libya. Ref: Prophila7

Mi.373 (Gr 80) - Polish army in Middle-East with General Sikorski. Ref: Prophila7

Mi.375 (Zł 1 Gr 50) - Underground printing press in Poland. Ref: Prophila7

1944

Polish Government in Exile

Mi.376 (Gr 45) - Capture of Monte Cassino by the Poles. Ref: Prophila7

Mi.377 (Gr 55) - Capture of Monte Cassino by the Poles. Ref: Prophila7

Mi.378 (Gr 80) - Capture of Monte Cassino by the Poles. Ref: Prophila7

Mi.379 (Zł 1 Gr 20) - Capture of Monte Cassino by the Poles. Ref: Prophila7

On 17th May, General Anders led the Polish II Corps in launching their second attack on Monte Cassino. Under constant artillery and mortar fire from the strongly fortified German positions and with little natural cover for protection, the fighting was fierce and at times hand-to-hand. With their line of supply threatened by the Allied advance in the Liri valley, the Germans decided to withdraw from the Cassino Heights to the new defensive positions on the Hitler Line. In the early hours of 18th May, the British 78th Division and Polish II Corps linked up in the Liri valley, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Cassino town. On the Cassino high ground, the survivors of the second Polish offensive were so battered that 'it took some time to find men with enough strength to climb the few hundred yards to the summit.' A patrol of the Polish 12th Podolian Cavalry Regiment finally made it to the heights and raised a Polish flag over the ruins. The only remnants of the defenders were a group of thirty German wounded who had been unable to move.

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