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Polish Commandos participating in a training exercise in England.
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Is that a Bren without a magazine?
 
On the turret of this Cromwell VII, at the left is Stanisław Maczek (1892/1994), commander of the1st Armoured Div, France, 1944.
The Polish 1st Armored Div played a crucial part in routing the German 7th Army at Falaise in a breakthrough that historians say shortened the war by many months. The 1st Armored went on to liberate cities in Belgium and the Netherlands and took Wilhelms haven, the German port city on the North Sea.
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Awhile back I over did a lengthy post on our 6th and last day of on our tour of Normandy ending at the Falaise Gap.

Part of the thread dealt with the Polish and Hill 262.
The Poles now call that hill “Maczuga”, which means “The Mace”. And that is it exactly: the battle of “Maczuga” hill was the final, crushing blow which broke German power."

Here are some pics of the Polish Memorial on top of the hill:

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A bronze dedicated to Polish General Stanislaw Maczek is nearby:

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Here is the view from the Memorial. You can see what a good Line of Sight it had over the Falaise Gap.

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