Eugeniusz Quirini de Saalbrück, Kartki z działalności żołnierzy polskich we Francji i ich ewakuacja do Wielkiej
Brytanii w czerwcu 1940 r
Eugeniusz Quirini de Saalbrück, Cards
regarding the activities of Polish soldiers in France and their evacuation to Great Britain in June 1940
Author(s): Danuta Quirini-PopławskaSubject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory, Military history, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Cold-War History
Published by: Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne im. gen. broni Kazimierza Sosnkowskiego
Keywords: Eugeniusz Quirini de Saalbrück; Polish Army in France (1939– 1940); French Campaign 1940; Camp de Carpiagne; evacuation
Summary/Abstract: Memoirs of Eugeniusz Quirini de Saalbrück illuminate his activity as a cultural and educational clerk in 1940 at the Officers’ Rallying Station in Camp deCarpiagne, the unexpected surrender of France was a great tragedy, Polish soldierswanted to fight and refused to lay down their arms. The Polish government-in-exiledecided to continue the fight with English allies and to evacuate soldiers, includingthose from Camp de Carpiagne to the port of Saint Jean de Luz, from where theyreached Plymouth on ship „Batory”.
Journal: Przegląd Historyczno-Wojskowy
- Issue Year: XXII/2021
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 211-234
- Page Count: 24
- Language: Polish