A PROJECT OF DISPATCHING POLISH SOLDIERS INTERNED IN LITHUANIA AND LATVIA TO THE SOVIET-FINNISH FRONT (Projekt wyslania zolnierzy polskich internowanych na Litwie i Lotwie na front sowiecko-finski)

• Authors: Adamiak Marcin
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

After the Soviet invasion of Poland Polish detachments retreated to the west, were forced to cross the frontier and found themselves in Lithuania and Latvia. After laying down their arms and registration, the Polish officers and soldiers were interned. In the wake of the Soviet invasion of Finland the Polish government-in-exile wished to assist the heroic nation. One of the proposed ideas envisaged dispatching the men interned in the Baltic countries. The Staff of the Commander-in-Chief proposed to create an expedition corps and a voluntary air force formation. After evacuation the volunteers would make their way to Sweden and then to Finland. Political obstacles hampered an efficient evacuation, and to the end of 1939 it involved only 500 persons. Once the Soviet-Finnish war came to an end, the project was abandoned. A year later, after the signing of the Sikorski-Mayski agreement, Polish soldiers interned in Latvia and Lithuania joined the Polish Army under General Wladyslaw Anders in the Soviet Union.

Keywords

EN

POLISH ARMY; POLISH SOLDIERS INTERNED IN LATVIA AND LITHUANIA; SOVIET INVASION OF FINLAND.

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Dzieje Najnowsze
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 75-94
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Adamiak Marcin

• Marcin Adamiak, address not given, contact the journal editor

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA063822