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    Władysław Albert Anders (11 August 1892 – 12 May 1970) was a general in the Polish Army and later in life a politician and prominent member of the Polish...
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    Anders' Army was the informal yet common name of the Polish Armed Forces in the East in the 1941–42 period, in recognition of its commander Władysław...
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    The WPB Anders (Polish: Wielozadaniowa Platforma Bojowa Anders i.e., Anders Multirole Combat Platform) is a family of medium, tracked combat vehicles...
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    married the decorated Polish General and World War II hero, Władysław Anders. They had a daughter, Anna Maria Anders, (born 1950). Ludzie mówią / Słońce...
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  • Polish general Władysław Franciszek Jabłonowski (1769–1802), Polish and French general Władysław Komar (1940–1998), Polish shot putter Władysław Konopczyński...
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    II Corps (Poland) (category Military units and formations established in 1943)
    tactical and operational unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II. It was commanded by Lieutenant General Władysław Anders and fought...
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    Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski (Polish pronunciation: [vwaˈdɨswaf ɕiˈkɔrskʲi] ; 20 May 1881 – 4 July 1943) was a Polish military and political leader. Before...
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    Polish Armed Forces in the East (category Military units and formations established in 1941)
    were released. Polish Prime Minister, General Władysław Sikorski, nominated General Władysław Anders—one of the Polish officers held captive in the Soviet...
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    by Lieutenant General Władysław Anders, had relieved the British 78th Division in the mountains behind Cassino on 24 April and would attempt the task...
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    Monte Cassino Polish war cemetery (category Polish military memorials and cemeteries)
    and Eastern Orthodox and Jewish headstones bearing the Star of David. The cemetery also holds the grave of General Władysław Anders, who had commanded the...
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  • Northern Front (Poland, 1939) (category Military units and formations of Poland in World War II)
    had retreated southwards, after defending the border with East Prussia, and reserve units, concentrated east of Warsaw. The Front was supposed to defend...
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    Albert Anders – a German Balt, and Elżbieta née Tauchert. Karol was the middle son of the Anders family; Władysław was a year older than Karol, and Tadeusz...
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  • Danish version. Anders Aarum (born 1974), Norwegian jazz pianist Anders Aalborg (1914–2000), Canadian teacher and politician Anders Ahlgren (1888–1976)...
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    be formed on Soviet territory. The Polish general Władysław Anders began organizing this army, and soon he requested information about the missing Polish...
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    Polish government-in-exile (category States and territories established in 1939)
    Polish units formed the basis for the Polish II Corps, led by General Władysław Anders, which together with other, earlier-created Polish units fought alongside...
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    Battle of Bologna (category Battles and operations of World War II involving Poland)
    Soviets in its entirety. When the Polish commander of II Corps, General Władysław Anders, asked for his unit to be withdrawn from the front line, Winston Churchill...
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    Polish Armed Forces in the West (category Military units and formations established in 1939)
    civilians and citizens from imprisonment. From these, a 75,000-strong army was formed in the Soviet Union under General Władysław Anders and informally...
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    General Władysław Anders and his wife, the singer and actress Irena Renata Anders, also known as Renata Bogdanska. She was born in London, England and graduated...
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    Evacuation of Polish civilians from the USSR in World War II (category Polish prisoners and detainees)
    decimated men, women, and children. On March 19, 1942, General Władysław Anders ordered the evacuation of Polish soldiers and civilians who lived next...
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    Virtuti Militari (category Military awards and decorations of Poland)
    of the Bzura counterattack plan and participant in the defence of Warsaw during the Invasion of Poland; Władysław Anders, commander of the 2nd Polish Corps;...
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    Military history of Poland during World War II (category CS1 maint: date and year)
    exile and Joseph Stalin, the Soviets released Polish citizens, from whom a 75,000-strong army was formed in the USSR under General Władysław Anders. Without...
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    Lubyanka Building (category Building and structure articles needing translation from Russian Wikipedia)
    1920. Its prisoners included Boris Savinkov, Osip Mandelstam, Gen. Władysław Anders, and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. In Soviet Russian jokes, it was referred...
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    1943–1944. Władysław Anders was a Polish General and commander of the II Corps during the war. When Germany invaded Poland, Anders fled east and was captured...
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    surrendered to American and British forces in Austria. After that, he requested a meeting with the Polish general Władysław Anders in London, and asked him to protect...
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  • Piotra Sych (category Prisoners and detainees of the Soviet Union)
    General Władysław Anders, just like hundreds of other Belarusians from Western Belarus (Kresy). He spent the rest of the war fighting in General Anders' Polish...
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    3rd Carpathian Rifle Division (Poland) (category Military units and formations established in 1942)
    1942 of the Polish Independent Carpathian Brigade and of forces of Lieutenant General Władysław Anders' Polish 2nd Corps evacuated from the Soviet Union...
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    Battle of Ancona (category World War II operations and battles of the Italian Campaign)
    Tyrrhenian Sea. On 16 June, Polish II Corps under Lieutenant-General Władysław Anders—which had been taken into British Eighth Army, commanded by Lieutenant-General...
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    the third and youngest son of Albert Anders, a German Balt and Elżbieta Anders née Tauchert, and the brother of Władysław and Karol. The Anders family was...
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    The reign of the young Władysław III (1434–44), who succeeded his father Władysław II Jagiełło and ruled as king of Poland and Hungary, was cut short...
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  • Stanisław Ostrowski. The members of the Rada Trzech were: General Władysław Anders (until 1970) Edward Raczyński (until 1972) Tomasz Arciszewski (until...
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