- Dąbrowszczacy
Dąbrowszczacy, also known as Dąbrowski's Brigade or Dombrowsky Battalion was a predominantly Polish International Brigade in the
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). About 5,000 Poles fought in that unit. The Brigade was named after the 19th century Polish generalJarosław Dąbrowski . The unit was formed as "Dąbrowski'sbattalion " in October 1936; in June 1937 it was reorganised into the "150th Brigade", which in addition to two Polish battalions ("Dąbrowski's" and "Palefox's") included also a Hungarian ("Rakosy's") and a Belgian-French ("Marty's") one. In August it was renamed again to the "13th Dąbrowski's International Brigade". The brigade was demobilized in 1938 but volunteered back to service in 1939. On 9 January it crossed the French border and was finally dissolved; most of its soldiers were interned.Most of Dąbrowszczacy were pro-
Stalinist Polish communists . For their pro-Stalinist orientation they were condemned by theSecond Polish Republic , which cancelled the citizenship of many of them (in spite of the fact, that Poland was second biggest arms supplier to the Republic, just after USSR). On the other hand, they were portrayed as heroes in thePeople's Republic of Poland ; many of them served in theBerling Army ,Armia Ludowa andGwardia Ludowa during theSecond World War . [http://www.ipn.gov.pl/portal/pl/398/4906/]People
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Polish volunteers in the Spanish Civil War External links
*pl icon [http://www.ipn.gov.pl/portal/pl/398/4906/ „Dąbrowszczacy” in IPN]
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