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Samodzielna Brygada Strzelców Karpackich w walkach na terenie Afryki Północnej

Zuziak J.

Zeszyty Naukowe AON

2009

nr 3(76)

291-315

After Poland’s defeat in September 1939, the main civil and military authorities as well as Polish Army units were reconstructed abroad, in France. One of them was the Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade commanded by Gen. Stanisław Kopański. The French authorities designated a military camp in Homs on the Sirian – Lebanese border for the Brigade to be created. After France’s capitulation in June 1940, the Brigade moved to Palestine and went under the British command. British authorities assigned the camp in Latrum for the Polish Brigade. In the middle of August 1941, the British command, having consulted the Supreme Commander, Gen. Władysław Sikorski, and having his consent, decided about its further use. As it results from the Supreme Commander’s order to the Brigade of 9 November 1941, the initiative to deploy the Brigade to Tobruk was initiated by Gen. Sikorski. The Brigade’s Tobruk epic started in August and finished after 110 days of heavy fighting on the desert in December 1941. Directly after defensive operations, the Brigade chased the withdrawing enemy waging a victorious battle at Gazala, then Bardia. On 22 March 1942, the Brigade was located in the camp El-Amiriya near Alexandria where a few months before it had set off to Tobruk. Thus the Brigade finished its many-month participation in heavy fighting on the desert. Soon thousands of Polish soldiers would arrive from the Soviet Union who together with the Brigade were due to create new numerous units of the Polish Armed Forces. The Third Carpathian Rifle Division was formed on the basis of the Brigade.

Karpacki Pułk Artylerii Lekkiej Samodzielnej Brygady Strzelców Karpackich w kampanii libijskiej 1941-1942 roku

Szczurowski M.

Zeszyty Naukowe AON

2000

nr 2(39)

261-280

The Carpathian Gunmen Independent Brigade was formed in 1940 in Syria based on French equipment supplies. It was moved under British command after France’s defeat. It was at first a unit and subsequently a light artillery regiment commanded by Lt-Col Stanisław Gliwicz. The regiment was trained in Palestine and in Egypt, then since August 1941 it took part in the Tobruk fortress defence. At the turn of 1941 and 1942, after unblocking Tobruk, the Carpathian soldiers were directed, included in the British 8th Army, to operations against German - Italian troops commanded by Gen. Ervin Rommel. Lt-Col Gliwicz’s regiment fought to defend the airport at El-Adem, at Gazela, to capture Bardia, protecting El-Mechilia fort and finally at Gaza Bay. The Carpathian Light Artillery Regiment was allied troops’ essential element in the Libyan Campaign in 1941-1942. It co-operated closely with other armies’ staffs and commands. Lt-Col Stanisław Gliwicz was the first Polish commander in the Second World War to command artillery units of allied troops on such a scale.