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Polish National Defense
National Defense ( pl, Obrona Narodowa, ON) was a volunteer military formation of the Second Polish Republic. Its units (brigades and demi-brigades, divided into battalions) were subordinated to various Polish corps and armies. National Defense is most commonly referred through its units (brigades - sing. ''Brygada Obrony Narodowej (Brygada ON) '' or battalions - sing. ''Batalion Obrony Narodowej (Batalion ON)''; the units were also named by the geographical region they were related to, and if more than one was formed, by Roman numerals, ex. ''Batalion ON "Lwów II"'') National Defense units were composed of volunteers, some reservists and unemployed. They were equipped with second-grade weaponry, and their goal was to support defensive operations of the regular Polish Army. National Defense was created by an order of the Polish Ministry of Military Affairs on 5 December 1936; the brigades begun to be formed in 1937. During the German invasion of Poland in 1939, National Defens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of the First World War. The Second Republic ceased to exist in 1939, when Invasion of Poland, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union and the Slovak Republic (1939–1945), Slovak Republic, marking the beginning of the European theatre of World War II, European theatre of the Second World War. In 1938, the Second Republic was the sixth largest country in Europe. According to the Polish census of 1921, 1921 census, the number of inhabitants was 27.2 million. By 1939, just before the outbreak of World War II, this had grown to an estimated 35.1 million. Almost a third of the population came from minority groups: 13.9% Ruthenians; 10% Ashkenazi Jews; 3.1% Belarusians; 2.3% Germans and 3.4% Czechs and Lithuanians. At the same time, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cieszyn
Cieszyn ( , ; cs, Těšín ; german: Teschen; la, Tessin; szl, Ćeszyn) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 33,500 inhabitants (as of December 2021), and lies opposite Český Těšín in the Czech Republic. Both towns belong to the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, and formerly as one town composed the capital of the Duchy of Cieszyn. Geography The town is situated on the Olza river, a tributary of the Oder River, which forms the border with the Czech Republic. It is located within the western Silesian Foothills north of the Silesian Beskids and Mt. Czantoria Wielka, a popular ski resort. Cieszyn is the heart of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, the southeasternmost part of Upper Silesia. Until the end of World War I in 1918 it was a seat of the Dukes of Teschen. In 1920 Cieszyn Silesia was divided between the two newly created states of Poland a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaliska Brygada Obrony Narodowej
Kaliska may refer to the following places: *Kaliska, Świecie County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) * Kaliska, Włocławek County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) * Kaliska, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) *Kaliska, Konin County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Kaliska, Międzychód County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Kaliska, Wągrowiec County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) *Kaliska, Lubusz Voivodeship (west Poland) *Kaliska, Chojnice County in Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland) *Kaliska, Kartuzy County in Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland) *Kaliska, Gmina Kaliska in Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland) * Kaliska, Gmina Lubichowo in Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland) *Kaliska, Gryfino County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland) * Kaliska, Szczecinek County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-west Poland) *Łódź Kaliska railway s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dąbrowska Brygada Obrony Narodowej
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Dąbrowska may refer to: People * Feminine variant of the surname Dąbrowski Places *Kuźnica Dąbrowska, village in Namysłów County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland * Wólka Dąbrowska, village in Lipsko County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland See also * Dąbrusk *Dąbrówka (other) Dąbrówka may refer to: *Dąbrówka, Brodnica County in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) *Czarna Dąbrówka, a village in Farther Pomerania, Poland *Dąbrówka Bytowska (PKP station), a non-operational railway station in Pome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomorze
Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to the German states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg, while the eastern part belongs to the West Pomeranian, Pomeranian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian voivodeships of Poland. Its historical border in the west is the Mecklenburg-Western Pomeranian border ''Urstromtal'' which now constitutes the border between the Mecklenburgian and Pomeranian part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, while it is bounded by the Vistula River in the east. The easternmost part of Pomerania is alternatively known as Pomerelia, consisting of four sub-regions: Kashubia inhabited by ethnic Kashubians, Kociewie, Tuchola Forest and Chełmno Land. Pomerania has a relatively low population density, with its largest cities being Gdańsk and Szczecin. Outside it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chełmno
Chełmno (; older en, Culm; formerly ) is a town in northern Poland near the Vistula river with 18,915 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the seat of the Chełmno County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. Due to its regional importance in the Middle Ages, the city gave its name to the entire area, Chełmno Land (and later an administrative unit of the Kingdom of Poland, the Chełmno Voivodeship), the local Catholic diocese and Kulm law, which was used to found cities and towns around Poland, including the current capital city of Warsaw. Name The city's name ''Chełmno'' comes from ''chelm'', the old Polish word for hill. After the area was granted to the Teutonic Knights as a Polish fief in 1232, the Germanized name ''Kulm'' was used in official documents regarding the town, as the city was a member of the Hanseatic League and part of the State of the Teutonic Order. Chełmno was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772 and, as part of a larger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalisz
(The oldest city of Poland) , image_skyline = , image_caption = ''Top:'' Town Hall, Former "Calisia" Piano Factory''Middle:'' Courthouse, "Gołębnik" tenement''Bottom:'' Aerial view of the Kalisz Old Town , image_flag = POL Kalisz flag.svg , flag_border = no , image_shield = POL Kalisz COA.svg , pushpin_map = Poland Greater Poland Voivodeship#Poland , pushpin_relief = 1 , pushpin_label_position = bottom , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Voivodeships of Poland, Voivodeship , subdivision_name1 = , subdivision_type2 = Powiat, County , subdivision_name2 = ''city-county'' , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Krystian Kinastowski , established_title = Established , established_date = 9th century , established_title3 = Town rights , established_date3 = after 1268 , area_total_km2 = 69.42 , population_as_of = 31 December 2021 , population_total = 97,905 (List of cities and towns in Poland, 38th) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
