THE POLISH ARMY IN THE SOVIET UNION, 1941-1942

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Object description

General Władysław Sikorski taking the salute of the Polish troops during the inspection of newly formed Polish Army in Soviet Union. General Sikorski is in the middle accompanied by Andrey Vyshinsky, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union; Stanisław Kot, the Polish Ambassador to the Soviet Union (both on the stage above); and number of Polish and Soviet officers. Photograph probably taken in the village of Totskoye, near Buzuluk.

Object details

Category: Photographs
Related period: Second World War (production), Second World War (content)
Creator: Polish official photographer
Production date: 1941-12
Catalogue number: MH 1693
Part of: ZIMNAL MARIAN (LIEUTENANT COLONEL) COLLECTION 03

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