POLISH AND SOVIET ORDER OF BATTLE IN POLAND/MILITARY HOSPITALS; MILITARY SCHOOLS; BORDER CHECK POINTS; ANTI-AIRCRAFT EMPLACEMENT; LOCATION OF VARIOUS UNITS

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POLISH AND SOVIET ORDER OF BATTLE DATA
Table of contents
A. POLISH ORDER OF BATTLE DATA
1a Silesian Military District and Subordinate Units
a.-II Armd Corps and Subordinate Units
(1) 10th Armd Division and Subordinate Units
2d Tk Regt
4th Tk Regt
U/i Tank or Artillery Regiment
(2)` 11th Armd Div and Subordinate Units
6th Hv Tk Regt
8th 'oDrezdenski1? Medium Tk Regt
15th Mecz Regt
17th SP Hv Arty Regt
13th AT Arty Bn
23d School Bra
U/i Engineer (Sapper) Battalion
U/i Independent Reconaissance Company
(3) Other Units Subordinate to II Armd Corps
U/i Regional Military Hospital
U/i Field Hospital
bo Other Units Directly Subordinate to Silesian Military
District
22d Independent Tk Regt
U/i Engineer (Sapper) Regt
U/i Motor Transport Regt
34th Labor Bn
U/i Motor Transport Regiment
Wroclaw City Garrison
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4th Military District Hospital
14
U/i Regional Military Hospital in POZNAN
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U/i Regional Hospital in NAMYSLOW
14
U/i Division Equipment Repair Shop
14
U/i Tank Repair Shop in WROCLAW
15
U/i Tank Repair Shop in SIEMIANOWICE
15
2? 5th "Saska" Inf Div and Subordinate Units
15
17th Inf Regt
16
U/i Infantry Regiment in SKWIERZYNA
16
U/i Infantry Regiment in MIEDZYCHCD
16
3. Miscellaneous Units9 Subordination Unknown
16
U/i Signal Regiment in WROCLAW
16
U/i Tank Regiment in DRAWSKO PCMORSKIE
16
U/i Tank Regiment in OLSZTYN
16
U/i Tank Regiment in BARTOSZYCE
17
U/i Artillery Regiment in TARNOWSKIE GORY
17
U/i Infantry Regiment in KALISZ
17
U/i Independent Signal Regiment in OKECIE
17
U/i Signal Battalion in ZGORZELEC
17
U/i Motor Transport Battalion in ZAGAN
17
U/i Artillery Unit in BOLESLAWIEC
18
U/i Artillery Unit in SLUBICE
18
U/i Infantry Unit in GRYFOW SLASKI
18
U/i Engineer (Sapper) Unit in NYSA
18
U/i Ground Forces Airborne Training Center in OLESNICA
18
U/i Military Internal Service Units in WROCLAW
19
4. Military Schools 19
"Marchlewski" Political Officers' Training Center
.U/i Political Officers' School in ZGIERZ
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U/i Military Feldsher (Felczer) Training Center in LODZ 20
U/i Amor and Mechanized OCS in POZNAN
U/i Artillery OCS in TORUN
Higher, Political School
U/i Engineer OCS
Infantry OCS Nr 1
Infantry OCS Nr 2 22
U/i Military Technical Academy WAT 22
5. Security Forces Units 23
U/i KBW Unit in WROCLAW 23
U/i KBW Unit in ZAGAN 23
U/i WOP Unit in KROSNO ODRZANSKIE 23
U/i WOP-Customs Check Point in MILOWO 23
U/i WOP-Customs Check Point in WIDUCHOWA 24
U/i Public Security Unit and Provincial Prison in WROCLAW 24
MO Headquarters for the Province of WROCLAW 24
B. SOVIET ORDER OF BATTLE DATA IN POLAND 24
Headquarters, Soviet Northern Group Forces 24
U/i Engineer Regiment 25
U/i Transport Regiment 25
U/i Soviet Hospital in WROCLAW 25
U/i Soviet Hospital in LEGNICA 26
U/i Soviet Hospital in ZAGAN 26
C. SOVIET ANTIAIRCRAFT EMPLACEMENT IN EAST GERMANY 26
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The-following is a list of locations referred to in this report, with
coordinates:
BARTOSZYCE
BIEDRUSKO
BOLESLAIEC
DEBLIN
DRAWSKO POMORSKIE
FRANKFURT/ODER SLUBICE
GNIEZNO
GRYFOW SLASKI
KALISZ
KROSNO ODRZANSKIE
LEGNICA
MIEDZYCHOD
MIEDZYRZECZ
MILOWO
NAMYSLOW
NIPA
OKECIE
OLESNICA
OLKUSZ
OLSZTYN
SIEMIANOWICE
SKWIERZYNA
SLUBICE
STRZELCE OPOLSKIE
TARNOWSKIE GORY
TORUN
ZAGAN
ZARY
ZGIERZ
ZGORZELEC
(N54-15, E20-48)(UTM DF-87 11)
CN52-339 E16-57)(UTM XU-32 23)
(N51-16; E15-34)(UTM WS-39 79)
(N53-349 E21-50)(UTM EC-58 11)
(N53-32, E15=4~ ,~(UTM WV-53 31)
(N52-219 E14.35 (UTM VU-70 00)
(N52-339 E1736)(UTM XU-76 24)
(N51?02, E15-25)(UTM WT-29 54)
(N51-459 E18-05)(UTM BC-99 38)
(N52-.03, E15-05)(UTM WT-07 66)
(N51-129 E16-12)(UTM WS;80 73)
(N52-26, E15-34)(UTM WU-39 10)
(N52-26, E15-35)(UTM WU-39 10)
(N54-12, E18-23)(UTM coordinates not available)
(N51-01, E17-43)(UTM XS-91x`,62)
(N50-30, E17-20)(TJTM XR-65 90-
(N52-11 , E20-57) C"N 'r dY?re ne.:. Grid
P 968883)
(N51-12, E17-23)(UTM Xs-66 76)
(N50-17, E19-34)(fA ft, de Guerre Zone Grid
Z' 980720)
(N53-479 E20-29)(UTM DE-65 59)
N50-18i E19-02)(UTM CA-60 74)
0152-369 E15-30)(UTM WU-34 28)
(N52-21, E14-35)(UTM VU-70 00)
(N51-06, E19-47)(UTM CA-08 99)
(N5o-27sE18-52)(UTM.CA-47 90)
(N53-02, E18-36)(UTM CD-40 77)
(W51-329 E15-19)(UTM WT-224*)
(N51389 E15-09)(UTM WT-10 21)
(N51-519 E19-25)(UTM CC-91 47)
(N51-09, E15-00)(UTM WS 99 67)
A. POLISH ORDER OF BATTLE DATA
1, Silesian Military District and Subordinate Units
Unit Desig-
nation Subordination Location CO and Remarks
Silesian Mili- Ministry of Unk WROCLAW CG was Brig Gen WARYSZAK-(fnu),
tary District National from September 1956
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STRAZEWSKI, (fnu), from unknown
date until April 1956, at which
time he left for (an unidentified)
,school in MOSCOW; Brig Gen WARY-
SZAK was then acting CG until
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September 1956 when he became CG.~
Location
CO and Remarks
Col MICHALSKI, (fnu), the
Commander for Political Matters, Silesian Military District. The''Silesian Mili-
tary District headquarters was situated in the compound'located_north of Ulica
Sztabbwa,Pruchniaka, and south'of Ulica Bernarda Pretficza (See Annex A, item 1,
la,and lb for pinpoint location).2
a. II Armd Corps and Subordinate Units
II Armd Corps (I-gi Silesian Unk WROCLAW CG was Brig Gen.SAWICKI,(fnu)
Korpus Pancerny) Military from early 1954
District
LJfrom unknown date until
1954, the II Armd Corps was
commanded by Brig Gen TICHON-'
CZUK, (fnu), a Soviet officer,
who was reli`raved of his command in 1954 and returned to USSR. The headquarters of
the II Armd'Corps was located in the same compound with the headquarters of the
Silesian Military District.2.
The II Armd Corps held maneuvers every two years in the Biedrusko maneuver area
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known number of Soviet officers, names and grades unknown, were assigned to the
headquarters of the II Armd Corps as advisors and accompanied the co s s ' f du-
ring the maneuvers in the f all of 1953. In the all"of 1955
the Fourth Military District Hospital and an unknown number of doc-
tors from that hospital served on temporary duty with'.an unidentified field hos-
pital serving the II Armd Corps in the Biedrusko area.
(1) 10th Armd Div and Subordinate Units
10th Armd Div ' II Armd Corps Unk. OPOLE CG was unknown.
(10-ta Dywizja
Wojsk Pancernych)
F
Headquarters of
the 10th Armd Div was located, in OPOLE, exact location unknown. Alle ed assigned*
to the 10th Armd Div were the 2d Tk Re stationed in OPOLE the 4th
Tk Regt also stationed in OPOLE, and an unidentified tank
or artillery regiment stationed in GNIEZNO.y:
The 10th Amid Div participated in the II Armd Corps maneuvers held in 1953 in
maneuver area for its divisi
on-level training.
2d Tk Regt 10th Armd Div Unk OPOLE
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Unit Desig-
nation Subordination Location CO and Remarks
4th Tk Regt4 10th Armd Div Unk OPOLE CO was unknown,
Unk WROCLAW
U/i Tank or 10th Armd Div Unk GNIEZ~TO CO was unknown
Artillery
Regiment F
22 Annex
B, for
pinpoint
location,)
(2) 11th Armd Div and Subordinate Units
an unidentified tank or
artillery regiment subordinate
to the 10th Armd'Div was garri-
soned in GNIEZNO,
11th Armd Div II Armd Corps Unk ZAGAN CO was unknown. From an unknown
(11-ta Dywizja date until 1954 the 11thArmd
Wojsk Pancernych (See Item Div was commanded by ColSAWICKI
i Zmechanizowanych)5 2, Annex C, (fnu), who was then promoted to
for pin- brigadier general and became
point lo- CG of the II Armd Cor s
cation)
The, 11th Armd
Div conducted yearly division
maneuvers in the fall of the
Biedrusko maneuver area, it participated in the 25X1
II Armd Corps maneuvers at the same location in the fall of 1953? Prior to'the
corps-level maneuvers, the division conducted its own exercises following comple-
tion of regimental problems. The troops and equipment were transported to the
maneuver area by rail., Some of the regiments returned to their garrisons by road
marches, usually tactical.
6th Hv Tk Regt 11th Armd
Div
WROCLAW,
IThe 6th Hv',Tk
Refit was garrisoned in the
casern located west of Ulica
Obornicka in the northern part
of the Rozanka district of
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Subordination
CO and Remarks
the main arena- 25X1
Location
ment of the 6th Hv Tk Regt consisted of unidentified JS-t,-
In 1954
e tanks.
rumors circulating)
that the 6th Hv Tk Regt was to be moved from its present garrison in 25X1
W.ROCLAW to the casern at ZAGAN. This fact was commented upon because of the known
lack of space at the cvererowded Zagan installation. As of December 1955
WROCLAW..
th Hv Tk Regt was still stationed in
8th "Drezdenski" 11th Arend 1678 ZAGAN
Medium Tk Regt Div
(8-y Drezdenski
Pulk Czolgow Srednich)
(See Item
1, Annex C
for pin-
point lo-
cation.)
CO was Maj C2AJECKI., (fnu) an
Armor officer
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the 3d Tk Bn consisted only of one of-
ficer and two EM and its equipment allegedly was stored in
"reserve" at an unknown place. Including the 3d Tk Bn, ;the-full
TOE of the 8th Medium Tk Regt to be approximately 170 officers and 1.,20TM. The
basic armament of the 8th Medium Tk Regt was the T-3485 tank., of which 64 were
in the hands of the troops.
Prior to June 1954 the 8th Medium Tk Regt was officially named "Drezdenski Pulk
Czolgow Srednich" by a Ministry of National Defense order which was read to all
troops
The 8th Med Tk Regt used the Biedrusko maneuver area for summer training and
it participated with the 11th Arend Div in the II Armd Corps maneuvers in the fall
of 1953. The personnel and equipment of the 8th Med'Tk,,Regt were transported to
and from the maneuver area by rail.
15th Mecz Regt
(15-ty Pulk Pie-
choty Zmechani-
zowanej)
11 Arend Div Unk ZAGAN CO was unknown.
(See Item 1
Annex C for
pinpoint lo
cation.)
~_troops wore caps
with black bands and were trans-
ported in trucks and unidentified
half-tracks. Included in the regiment's heavy equipment were 120 mm mortars'and
unidentified anti-tank guns. The 15th Metz Regt participated in the 11 Arend Div
and in the II'Armd Corps maneuvers held in the fall of 1953 in the Biedrusko
maneuver area.2
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nation Subordination Location
CO and Remarks
17th SP Hv Arty 11th Armd Div Unk ZAGAN CO was unknown.
R.egt
(17-ty Pulk Same- (See Item 1,
bieznej Artylerii Annex C for
.Ciezkiej) pinpoint'
location,.)
two types of self-propelled
guns at this units 25X1
one 122-mm SP gun JSU-122 mounted on a JS chassis and one type JSU-1? SP
Gun-
Howitzer mounted on KV tank chassis
without an antiaircraft gun, 25X1
The 17th SP Hv Arty Regt participated in hell Arend Div and*11 Arend Corps maneu-
vers held at . the Biedrusko maneuver area in the fall of 1953.2
13 s T;;,Arty Bn 11th Arend Div Unk ZAGAN CO was unknown.
(13 jon
Artyleel'A" Prze.ciw- (See Item 1,
pancernej 4nnex C for
pinpoint
location.) the principal armament of
this unit was the 57=mm Anti=
tank- 'Guh' d ?100-mm 'Field? Anti-
tank-..Gun
they were towed by
unidentified ZIS and GAZ-type
rucs.
23d School Bn 11th Armored Unk ZAGAN CO was unknown.]
(23-ci Batalion Div (?)
Szkolny)
(See Item 1,
Annex C for
pinpoint'
location.)
the course was of one yehrse du-
ration and consisted of tank driving and tank maintenance instructions..
Students were mostly young conscript- prior to arrival at the school, had
completed basic training at other unknown~.nstallati ons. All EM who attended the'
23d School B were to. corporal upon successful completion of the coursed,
ot.all.of the graduates were assigned to the 11' Arend 25X1
Div; about 50 percent of them were assigned to other unidentified units of -the
Silesian Military District.
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tank personnel for the ent~re Silesian Military District. 25X1
all school cadre personnel were from the filth-Arend Div and
unidentified equipment was from the 11th- Armored 'Divo
the school was subordinate to the 1 1th Arend Div.
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the school?'!s
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Unit Desig-
nation Subordination Location CO and Remarks
U/i Engineer 11th Armd Div Unk ZAGAN CO was unknown.
Sapper Battalion
(Batalion Saperow) (See Item 1,
Annex C for
pinpoint" this battalion took part
location,) in the hII Armd Corps maneuvers
held ii fiedrusko area in the
Div units.2
following en
gineer equipment held by the battalion
Metal Boat N2P-45, two section ponton, transported on unidentified ZIS trucks
and 8-10 man wooden boats for river crossing, type unknown.
U/i Independent 11tli A?-htd Div Unk "ZAGAN CO was unknown.
Reconnaissance
Company
(Niezalezna Kompanja
Zwiadu)
(See Item 1,
Annex C for
pinpoint-
location.)
fall of'1953, building bridges
during that time for 11th Amid
his unit was equipped with
an unknown number of motor-
cycles called "Emkitt - orxi
7 50-ccl" with sidecars, each armed with mounted identified machine
0 orc c e 2 with sidecar' and East German-made BMW motor.
cycles 9 noted two-man armored cars, each'armed with one
mounted unidentified machine gun, called "tankierki".$
(3) Other Units Subordinate to II Arnx. Corps
U/i Regional II Armd Corps Unk ZARY
Military
Hospital
(Rejono Szpital
Wojskowy)
CO was unknown. The hospital
was in.three brick buildings
(See Item located in the northern "a"+- of
2, Annex D ZARY.
for pin-
point lo-
cati on
II Armd Corps, Silesian Military District.
t was subordinate o t e
this hospital had operated a Field Hospital (Szpitai
Polowy) for the II Armd Ccrps during the fall maneuvers in the Biedrusko maneuver
area in 1953. The field hospital consisted of about 50 percent'of the actual
strength of the Regional Military Hospital in ZARY.
U/i Field II Armd Corps Unk BIEDRUSKO CO was unknown.
Hospital
(Szpital Polowy) F
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Ithe Regional Military Hospital in ZARY was responsible
,for organization ion and operation of the field hospital for the troops of the II Armd
Corps during the maneuvers,
about 50 percent of the hospital 25X1
personnel in ZARY were sent :to the e rusko maneuver area an the field
hospital was supplemented with an unknown number of doctors from at least one other
Regional Military Hospital located in NAMYSLOW.
b0 Other Units Directly Subordinate to Silesian Military District
22d Independent Silesian Unk ZAGAN
Tk Regt (20-gi Military
Samodzielny Pulk District
Czoglow)
CO and Remarks
CO was unknown.
The 22d
Independent Tk Re$t.was subordinate to the Silesian Military s r c 9 even though
it was stationed in the 1 lth And Div casern.
the 6th Hv Tic Regt of the 11th Arend Div was stationed in WROCLAW and the 22d
Independent Tk Regt, subordinate to the Silesian Military District, was garrisoned
in the Zagan Casern, but the 224 Independent Tk Regt did not
participate in the II Armd Corps maneuvers in 19530 The armament of the 22d In-
dependent Tk Regt consisted of unknown number of T-34/85 and unidentified JS.type
tanks, the latter in "larger" quantities.
U/i Engineer Silesian Unk WROCLAW CO was unknown. This unit was in
(Sapper) Regiment Military a casern-located west of Ulica.
(Polk Saperow) District (See Item Obornicka, in the northern
4, Annex B part of the Rozanka district
for pin- of WROCL AW.
point lo-
cation.)
The engineer equipment of this regiment was kept in a separate compound'lo.
Gated-north.of Ulica Osobowicka and east of Ulica Krotoszynska in the Osobowice
district in WROCLAW (See Item 4a, Annex B for pinpoint location),
E the following engineer items stored within the ?compound*. Self propelled
Pontons, SP-19 Wooden Assault Boats, DDP and SDL,'and Small Metal Boats, N2P-45
which were loaded on unidentified ZIS-t a trucks
In the
summer o an ear spring o , olish engineers
were engaged in construction of ponton bridges spanning the Oder River-at sites'
close to the ponton park and 0 they were using the above described equipment. 25X1
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Unit Desigg
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the Oder River Navigation Bureau (Zegluga na Odrze)
received official notices
concerning sections of the Oder River being closed
to water traffic for~two or three days. Although no explanation,was given9 it
was common xnowleage/ that either Polish or Soviet troo
were being trained in~ri ge cons roc ion a suc es.
U/i Motor
Transport
Regiment
(Polk Samo-
chodowy)
Subordination Location CO and Remarks
Silesian
Military
District
Unk WROCLAW CO was unknown.
(See Item 48
Annex A for
pinpoint
location.-)
the motor trans-
portation unit was quartered in the compound located north of Ulica Zwycieska in
the Ottaszyn district in WROCLAW.
observed Lublin and old ZI*,;.type,
trucks entering and leaving this installation and saw an unknown number of
type tractors parked in the yard.
Wroclaw
City Garr
(G&rnizon
Silesian Unk
!on Military District
Miejski)
WROCLAW
CO was an unidentified.colo-
nel.
__.e Wroclaw City
Garrison was subordinate to
the Silesian Military.Dis-
t ri ct
the Wroclaw City Garrison occupied
one large building which housed the officers and also serve
sient officers (See Item 1, Annex A
34th Labor Bn Silesian Unk
(34-ty Bs.talon 'Military
Pracy) District
for pinpoint location).
STRZELCE CO was Major TKACZ, (fnu).
OPOLSKIE I
(See Annex E
for pinpoint The
location.) headquarters and staff, to-
gether with the Administra-
tion and Supply Platoon (a-
bout 70 officers and EM) were
stationed in STRZELCE OPOLSKIE in the casern.2 The 34th Labor Bn.was organized
into 10 companies, each having 2 officers and 120 EM who were by profession brick-
layers, carpenters, or..plain laborers, and were mostly of German origin. The
strength totaled 32 officers, and about 1300 EM. (See Annex E-1.)9 The men were
conscripts and served for two years,
the. companies were engaged in work on the following projects-. six companies
worked on the construction of a new airfiel;;in the vicinity of NOVA HUTA,about
10 to 15 tan east of KRAKOW; two companies worked on the construction of additional
buildings at the tank repair shop at SIEMIANOWICE; 'pmpany worked on the
construction of the zinc plant in OLKUSZ; and one
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tration and Supply Platoon was in charge of 'an unknown number of unidentified
'?T' f ___ _L L___ % . .. . _ - -
the other heavy or special equipment used at the'e.onstruction sites was the prop-
t
f th
t
er
y o
e s
ate=owned firms which were in charge of the construction,
the officers' and enlisted personnel of the 34th Labor B
n
were *considered'politically unreliable since the-cbunt er-intelligence section`
of-the battalion staff consisted of three officers," The-senior iitellikence?of-
ficer'and Intelligence Section Chief (Szef Sekcji Informacyjnej) was Maj LISP
(fnu). The, other intelligence officers were 1st Lt LEWANDCWSK-I, (fnu)., and 2d Lt
TWARDOWSKI, (fnu). all officers and EM of the 34th Labor
Bn were divided into three groups and were the personal responsibility of the
three intelligence officers. The intelligence-security section was subordinate
to unidentified higher headquarters Silesian Military District)
in all.intelligen ce matters. The intelligence officers travelled ve often
ry o
n
documents issued by their own office, they kept in contact, 25X1
with-the local MO and KBW authorities and they had confidential expense
accounts for intelligence activities,
it was common knowledge that the intelligence of-
fa
cer s operated an informtt i th bttli
an neneaaon,
. The 34th Labor Bn was activated in 1951 and!
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OPOLSKIE in December 1956, however, more military training and less work was
iven t
th
g
o
e men,
U/d. Motor Trans- Silesian Unk WROCLAW CO was unknown. A
portation Battal- Military
-ion Di strict
(See Item 6,.
Annex A for
pinpoint lo-
cation,)
subordinate to the Silesian Military is ric
tion to the transport
of reserve troops who
ation troops
three months' training here.
insignia or collar patches andF ~they were officers
or EM, ---- ---
an unidentified military ban d
practicing in one of the compound buildings.
This battalion occupied the compound located east:of Ulica Lukaszewskiego,
north of Ulica General Dradzynskiego, west of Ulica,Romualda Traugutta and south
of Uli
M
ca
iernicza9 in the Rakowiec district of WROCALAW,
this battalion
h
d P
li
h t
vj
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o
s
rucks of the Star and Lublin types, unidentified'ZlS Soviet WW II
trucks., and GAZ-69 trucks
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which was located here. In addi-
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wor
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Fourth Military Silesian
District Military
Hospital (4-ty District
Okregowy Szpital
Wojskowy)
Location CO and Remarks
Unk WROCALW CO was Col LESZCZYNSIcr fnu),
an army doctor; ?his ;Deputy
(See' Item 3,, Commander for Medical Mat-
Annex A for ters was.Col SZAFRANI (fnu)
pinpoint' a medical officer.
location.)
The Fourth
Military District Hospital was located north of Ulica Pultuska.,wes of Ulica,
Sniezna., and south of Ulica Szefska in the Krzyki III district of WROCLAW,'
The mission of,this hospital was,to provide medical care for military person-
nel and their dependents residing in the Silesian Military District. This hos-
pital also received patients from other regional military hospitals of the same
district., for unidentified special treatments. The staff of the Fourth'Military
Hospital consisted of about 80 military doctors,, 10 ground forces officers (in-
eluding two females), four civilian dentists., and an unknown number of civilian
nurses and maintenance'. per so e1. the capacity of this hospi-
U/i Regional Silesian
Military Military
Hospital Districtll
Unk POZNAN CO was unknown.
U/i Regional Silesian Unk NAMYSLOW
Military Military
Hospital District
U/i Division Silesian Unk ZAGAN
Equipment Military
Repair Shop District (See Item 1.
Annex D for
pinpoint'
location.)
was unknown.
CO was unknown.
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shop (Dywizyjne Warsztaty Na-
prawy Sprzetu), although per-
forming work for the 11th.Armd
Div, was subordinate to the
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Subordination Location CO and1Remarks
Silesian Military District headquarters.ll This shop was operated by civilians,
and when the'llth Armd Div participated in the II Armd Corps maneuvers in the
fall of 1953, it was kept open by the civilians and some of the 11th Armd'Div-
military personnel who were left-behind.. This shop was situated in the former
Herman Goering "SS"Panzer Casern, then occupied by the elements of the 11th
Armd Division.
U/i Tank Silesian
Repair Shop Military
Distri ctll
The tank re-
pair shop was located west
of Ulica Oborniska in the northern part of the Rozanka district of WROCLAW.'Ih
the yard of the compound were an unknown number of T-34 and JS-type tanks, some
of them without guns and turrets and some self-propelled guns
"SAU" (a Soviet name for SP guns caliber and type unknown).
this wasa permanent type installation and
called
thra troops
of the 6th Hv Tk Regt also used it for repair of their equipment; . owever, the
shop equipment and its civilian personnel operators were from Silesian Military
District.
1i Taik Repar Silesian Unk SIEMIANOWICE CO was unknown.
Shop Military
olgow)
construction of new buildings at this plant.
th Labor Bn worked on 'the
/saw in the yard an unknown number of armored vehicles.
/this shop undertook major
rebuilding'of armored. vehicles and even
manufactured certain unspecified parts for same.
2. 5th "Sacka" Inf Div and Subordinate Units
5th "Saska" Unk Unk SKWIERZYNA CO was unknown.
Inf Div
three infantry regiments
were assigned to the division; the 17th Inf Regt, which was garrisoned inMIED
ZYRZECS, one unidentified infantry regiment located in SKWIERZYNA, and one un-.
identified infantry regiment located in MIEDZYCHOD.
COMIC -TIAI.
Unk WROCLAW
Two labor companies of the
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17th Inf Regt 5th "Saska" Jnk MIEDZYRZECZ CO was unknown.
Inf Div
Casern was
located at
UTM WU' 38
9101,
of this unit as of 1955.
U/1 Infantry 5th "Saska" Unk SKWIERZYNA CO was unknown,
Regiment Inf Div
an unidentified
infantry reg ment subordinate
to the 5th Inf Div was stationed
in SKWIERZY.NA..
U/i Infantry 5th "Saska" Unk MIEDZYCHOD CO was unknown
Regiment If Div
the 5th.Inf Div was stationed in MIEDZYCHOD,J
Fan unidentified in-
fantry regiment subordinate to
istence and location of this unit as of 1955.
3, Miscellaneous Units) Subordination Unknown
U/i Signal Unk Unk WROCL1AW CO was unknown,
Regiment
fan unidentif ie d
signal regiment was stationed
in WRCCLAW specific location
unknown.
-U/i Tank Unk Unk DRAWSKO CO was unknown.
,Regiment POMORSKIE
`an unidentified
tank' regiment was stationed
here.
U/i Tank
Regiment
confirmed the existence and location
anunidentified tank regiment
was stationed in OLSZTYN.
CO FAD .:k rIAL,
Unk Unk CLSZ-TYN CC was unknown.
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U/i Tank Unk Unk BARTOS,ZYCE CO was unknowno
Regiment
r ant
unidentified tank regiment was
stationed there,
U/i Artillery Unk Unk TARNOWSKIE CO was unkno-m.
Regiment GORY
an' unidentified
unit'was stationed in TARNOWSKIE
(WRY,
U/i Infantry Unk Unk KALISZ CO was unkno
Regiment
infantry regiment was stationed
in KALISZ.
U/i Independent Unk Unk OKECIE
Signal Regiment
(Samodzielny Pulk
Lacznosci)
CO was unknown,
an
unidentified signal unit was
stationed near'the Okeci,e Air-
field, west of the Aleja Zwirki?
Wigury and southeast of, Kolonia
Rakowiec,
U/i Signal Unk Unk ZGORZELEC CO was unknown.
Battalion
U/i Motor Transport Unk Unk ZAGAN
Battalion
(See Item 3,(,,rl
.Annex C.for
pinpoint-' "
location.)'
_ this
unit was referred to as a motor
transport battalion. The equip-
ment in the compound yard ded unidentified ZIS trucks and smaller numbers
of Polish-type Star and Lublin trucks. 25X1
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U/i Artillery Unk
Unit
U/i Artillery Unk
Unit
CO and Remarks
Unk BOLESLAWIEC CO was unknown.
Unk SLUBICE IICO was unknown.j
U/i Infantry Unk
Unit
U/i Engineer (Sapper) Unk
Unit
(Jednostka saperow)
ii . .: 1 i
Unk GRYF"OW CO was unknown.
SLASKI
U/i Ground Forces Unk Unk OLESNICA
Airborne Training
Center
(Osrodek Przeszkolenia
Oddzialow Powietrzno-
desantowych Wojsk Ladowych)
CO was unknown.]
CO was unknown
Isaw an
unknown number of young infantry NCOs hospitalized for leg and back injuries9-many
of them wearing parachutist badges from the Airborne Training
Center at OLESNICA,
there was an increased number of these patients in the summer months, 25X1
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U!i Military Unk
Internal Service
Units
(Wojskowa Sluzba
Wewnetrzna)1
Unk WROCLAW
CO was unknown,
noted'threeman patrol on 25X1
the streets of WROCLAW who were
either'on foot or rode in GAS-69
trucks, These patrols consisted
of one junior officer and.two NCOs,
They wore army uniforms with'white
cap bands, unidentified insignia on white background collar pat che s'and'had' their' '
trousers bloused in combat boots, The officer 25X1
was armed with a pistol, the NCO's carried submachine guns, All wore on the, left arm
a brassard of white cloth about 10 to 12 cm wide with the yellow letters Q"M"',
standing for "Wojskowa Sluzba Wewnetrzna" _ (Military Internal Service),
these troops were drawn from an unidenti-
fied source as military police for the troops in'larger garrison cities, ob= 25X1
served the same type patrols in 1957 in SZCZECIN. un-
identified local newspapers carried articles pertaining to the forming of new mili-
taryunits which were to improve-the behavior of troops in public places and to im-
prove troop - civilian relations, these milita internal units
worked in cooperation with the NCO and KBW authorities, the 25X1
regular garrison patrols made u p of?detailed personnel from units stationed''in a
city or vicinity still functioned" "'well as the new patrols described above
4, Military Schools
Marchlewski Polim Main Po_ Unk LODZ CO was Col FRYDMAN, (fnu), a Pom
9
tical Officers
litical
Training Center AdministrationMMON
(Centrum un Marchlewskiego
Wyszkolenia Oficerow
Politycznych)
litical branch officer
The mission of this school was to train political officers for subsequent assign=
ment as secretaries of Basic Party Organization (POB.Podstawowa Organizacja Partji),
or as deputy commanders for political matters at company level in the Polish Ground
Forces and a squadron level in the Air Force, or as propaganda instructors at the
regimental and higher level and at service schools,-.The school was organized into
three battalions, each with three student companies. Each company had approximately
100 to 120 cadets (podchora ) maki a total of about 1000 students, School attendance
was of two years9 duration.71
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Requirements for attending the Political Officers' Center in LODZ were: at least
a high school diploma, at least one year of active military service, and membership
in the Polish Communist Party (PZPR) or in the Polish Youth Union (MP)O- This
school was, attended. by Army, Air Force and Naval personnel.'
the Security Forces WOP and KBW did not sent their personnel*to the Political 25X1
Officers' Training Center, but used their own unidentified schools.
up to 1951 the 3d Bn of the Political Officers' Training 25X1
Center at LODZ was located ir.,the nearby city of ZGIERZ. Some time in 1951 the 3d'
Bn was moved to LODZ to make ",~~room for the newly opened political school,in ZGIERZ,
The Marchlewski Political Officers' Training Center occupied'two compounds to
cated on both sides of Ulical 11-go Listopada, south of Ulica Srebrzynska in the
Koziny district of LODZ.
two student battalions, the lst Bn and 2d Bn of the 25X1
Marchlewski Political Officers' Training Center were halted in their normal studies
and told that further study at the school was cancelled. The officer candidates
were given the choice of joining line outfits in NCO grades or some in warrant of-
ficer status, or of applying for transfer to line officer candidate schools. This
action was to take place late in 1956 and would have effected about 600 students.
U/i Political Main Political Unk ZGIERZ CC was k o
Officers' Main Administration
Political School of MON
.(Oficerska Szkola
Polityc ma)
was in'operation in ZEGRZE.
school, the organization and 25X1
school curricula were similar to that of the Marchlewski Political Officers' Train-
ing Center.
U/i'Military Medical Unk LODZ
Feldsher Service of MON
(Felczer) (Sluzba Zdrowia
Training Center MONu)
(Centrum Wyszkolenia
Wojskowych Felczerow)
(Some time
after 1950 a new Political OCS
opened here.
CO was unknown. Thisfi school was
located ir~lt\large, :our-story
(See Item 2, .;high bri'k ilding lWituated
Annex F for north' ,of 4NJ .~gv Maja9 south 25X1
pinpoint of Ulica 11-go, Listopada in the
location) Koziny district of LODZ.
the course at this school was
of two years' duration and the graduates were commissioned second lieutenants
and warrant officers the latter.in the eater number.
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U/i Armor and MON Unk POZNAN CO was unknown.
Mechanized OCS
(Oficerska Szkola
Wojsk Pancernych
I Zmechanizowanych)
The mission of :the school" was?
to train office'rs for subsequent assignment, primarily as tank commanders and platoon
leaders. The school.was,of three years' duration, and upon satisfactory completion
graduates were commissioned as warrant officers and second lieutenants. The school
was organized into three school battalions, each with three companies ahd each com-
pany with 100 to 120 students..
observed in the school area an unknown 25X1
number of armored vehicles in,various stages of disassembly'for school purposes,
tanks, and self-propelled guns with T-34 and JS-t ~saw
unidentified amphibious tanks parked in the yard 25X1
These tanks eemed to be of T- size and had a lower silhouette and an oval-boat-
like shape.'
the amphibious . 25X1
tanks described above ere of
Soviet origin, and had a road speed of 80 km per hour.'
.U/i Artillery Ministry of Unk TORUN CO was unknown.
OCS National
(Oficerska Defense - MON
Szkola Arty-
leryjska)
unidentified graduates ofthe Po-
litical Officers' Training Center at LODZ were assigned to this OCS in 1950,
Higher Ministry of Unk WARSAW- CO was unknown.
Political National REMBERTOW
School Defense - MON
(Wyzsza.Szkola
Polityczna)
The mission of this school was
to give officer students advanced political training for subsequent assignments
as deputys for political matters in the regimental units and higher echelons,
qualifications for this school were that'an
officer student had to be a graduate of a Political COS and to have had at least
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CO and Remarks
two years' active service as a political instructor or propaganda officer.
this school was'to
have been reorganized or even deactivated after October 1956.
the main reason for this was the domination of this school b" ci
vilians who also attended this institution,
U/i Engineer Ministry of Na- Unk WROCLAW CO was unknown,,
OCS e r 1 tional~)Defense L '
(Oficerska Szkola ; -a~ fi +~~~?~ (See Item this school was located
Wojsk Inzynieryjnych) 3, Annex B in the casern,in the Rozanska
for pi in- -District on 'the west 'side of
point lo= 7ca Obornicka,,
cation.)
e course at the
Engineer OCS, was of three years' duration and the a roximate stren th of the
school was, 0 to 600 candidates,,
F
Infantry Ministry of Na- Unk WROCLAW CO was unknown,
OCS Nr 1 tional Defense
Casern was
located at
UTM XS 43.
7682.
the duration of the course was extended to.three years some time in
1955; prior to that, the course had lasted two years, This OCS was, situated in a
casern"located in the Karlowice district at the end of Ulica'Artyleryjska and
east of Ulica Czajkowskiego. Officers' BCQ and,family quarters were located out-
side the casern on both sides of Ulica Artylery;jska9 coordinates XS4396$l, (See
Annex "B",,Fig, 5 and 5a for pinpoint locations
Infantry Ministry of Na- Unk WROCLAW CO was unknown. This school was
OCS Nr 2 tional Defense located in the same casern as
Infantry'OCS Nr 1 described
above, 25X1
owing to the' number of'candi-
dates this installation contained two schools, 25X1
U/i Military Unk Unk WARSAW CO was unknown.
Technical
Academy
WAT
(Wojskowa Adademja
Teehniczna)
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5. Security Forces Units
U/i KEW Unit Ministry of Unk WROCLAW
Internal
(Internal Affairs - MSW (See Annex
Security Corps - A for pin-
Korpus Bezpieczenstwa point to-.
Wewnetrznego). cation,)
CO and Remarks
CO was unknown~
an um.;
identified KBW unit was quar
tered in the small compound lo-
,,cated south of Ulica Podwale
;and east of Uliza Mu~ealna,
this unit was 25X1
U/i KBW Unit Ministry of Unk ZAGAN
Internal
Affairs - MSW
(Ministry
engaged in guard details because
the troops were sleeping
at odd hours of the day.
CO was unknown,
of Internal KEW patrols consist-
Affairs - Ministerstwo ing of two or three men could
Spraw Wewnetrznych) be observed in the cLty streets
and around the railroad stations,
U/i WOP Unit Ministry of Unk KROSNO
Internal ODRZANSKIE
(Frontier Affairs - MSW
Guard - Wojska
Ochrony Pogranicza)
CO was unknown,
an
unidentified WOP unit was sta-
tioned west of the street'con-
necting the railroad station and
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unit larger than company size *as quar- 25X1
tered in wooden arracxs, number nxnown9 each about 50 x 12 x 6 m in size;
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U/i WOP Ministry of Unk MILOWO
Customs Internal
Check Point Affairs - MSW
CO was unknown,
inspections were much stricter prior to 1956'- 570'
At that time barges were checked thoroughly for contraband and also for refugees,
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U/i WOP Ministry of Unk WIDUCHOWA CO was unknown.
Customs Internal Affairs
"'Check roint MSW
Annex A for t * stence was a
pinpoint' matter of common knowledge,
location.) The unit was quartered in the
compound situated south of
Ulica Podwale and north of
the WOP Customs Check
Point at MILOWO took place when
L___/the above mentioned check points were the only ones which checked all
barges leaving the Polish inland proceeding north to SZCZECIN. all barges were
also checked before, they were cleared to proceed from WIDUCHOWA to SZCZECIN.
The same double-check inspections of barges was repeated when they were tray-
-elling from SZCZECIN south to WROCLAW.
U'/ I Public
Security
Unit and
Provincial
Prison
Plac Muzealny.
worxea Closely win Une nDw un1U s s 1ationeu in wnv1.,l eiw ana also wiLn 1riLe,L L1genee
Head-
quarters for
,the Province
,bf, WROCLAW
Ministry of Unk . WROCLAW
Internal
Affairs - MSW
Ministry of Unk WROCLAW
Internal
his unit orlYl
CC was unknown.
Affairs - MSW (See Item 8,I I
tizens a Militia -
Milicja Obywatelska)
CC was unknown. L
this installation
(See. Item 9,,
Annex A for
pinpoint' these offices were located
location.) here.. The-MO headquarters for
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the Wroclaw Province was'locatcd
' in one large brick building,
size unknown, bounded on the south by Ulica Krotka, on the west by Ulica Muzealna,
anon the east side by Ulica Lykowa. 25X1
B. 1VIET ORDER OF BATTLE DATA IN POLAND
Hq Soviet
Northern
Group Forces
(Sztab Dowodztwa
Grupy Polnocnej)
Unk Unk LEGNICA CO was unknown. In 1 8
about- 15 Polish pilots vis- 25X1
ited the headquarters of the
Soviet armed forces, located
in LEGNICA.
At
that time the Soviets transferred 15 UT-2 training aircraft to the Polish Air
Force.
aircraft and
s
during that
the "ent
old the .vie o ficers.
one paper work was involved prior to transfer of the ' 25X1
time the Polish group was entertained by the-Soviets.
ertaining" was actually close supervision of the
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U/i Engineer Unk Unk WROCLAW CO was an unidentified. colonel,
Regiment
The, Soviet engineer reg _?
ment was quartered in a compound in a former German shipyard, on the southern.
bank of the Odra River in the northern part of the Kozanow district of WROCLAW.
recognized as: Self-Propelled Pontons, SP-19; Folding Assault Boat, DSL; and
Metal Boat, N2P?45,7 observed other unidentified small boats and an
unknown number of trucks, mostly of unidentified ZIS type; Troops wore black
shoulderboardso The Soviet officers and their dependents were quartered north
of Ulica Kozaniowska and south of the engineer compound (See Annex B, Figure 6a
(See Item 6,
Annex B for
pinpoint
location,)
an unknown quantity of engineer equipment ]described and
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for pinpoint location).
U/i Transport
Regiment
(U/i RL Unit)(?)
Unk
Unk WROCLAW CO was an unidentified, colonel
(See Item 5,
Annex A for
pinpoint
location,)
25X1
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The transportation regiment was in the compound located east of Ulica
Ottaszynska south of Ulica Zwycieska in the Ottaszyn district in WROCLAW.
an unidentified rocket launcher unit was also stationed at this in- 25X1
stallation. In addition to an unknown number of trucks and unidentified tractors
in this compound also parked among the buildings unidentified trucks with
mounted rocket launchers, 25X1
U/i Soviet Unk Unk WROCLAW CO was'an unidentified lieu= 25X1
Hospital. ' tenant colonel.
(U/i Inf Bn (?)
fthe hospital
was located in two buildings
and. the remainder.of the
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buildings were occupied by troops wearing magenta shoulderboards,
they were infantry troops of about battalion strength; This installation was
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in the compound located north of Ulica Ig'acego Chrzanowskie o and east'of Ulica
Czajkowskiego in the Karlowice district of WROCLAW,2
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U/i Soviet Unk Unk LEGNICA CO was unknown
Hospital
a Soviet military hospital was
located in LEGNICA.
the hospital in LRWICA
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supplied medical items to other Soviet hospitals in Poland,
U/i Soviet Unk Unk ZAGAN CO was unknown,. ,
Hospital al $ov-
Located viet hospital was located in ZAGAN,
at
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C. SOVIET ANTIAIRCRAFT EMPLACEMENTS IN EAST GERMANY
U/i Soviet Unk Unk FRANKFURT/ CO was unknown,
AA Emplacements ODER
SLUBICE observed three emplacements,
each with three unidentified anti=
(See Annex aircraft guns in firing positions.
G for pin- The guns were dug in and only the
point lo- barrels could be seen from a distance
cation.) of about 300 m, These gun posi-
tions were located about 200 m
north of the railroad bridge
spanning the Oder River at.FRANK-
FURT/ODER '- SLUBICE, on the left
bank of the river.
Comments:
1. The unidentified Military Internal Se ice unit (Wojskowa Sluzba Wewnetrzna -
(WSW) is a new unit or branch in the Polish Armed Forces,
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Comments (conttd):
30, Change 1 (1956) to the Polish Order of Battle Book gives this unit as
"II Mecz Corps;"
50
gave e descriptive designation as- "the 11th
Division of Armored and Mechanized ForcesITj7
seen the $th MediumTk Regt TOE inthe
s ing the TOE
hat these charts also contained the breakdown of the "slots"`-for
all regimental officer positions, showing the grades assigned to these positions,
all officers were interested in these slots and in
their eventual fu ure promotion possibilities since these slots were mostly
filled by officers with grades lower than those authorized by the TOE,
90 The men assigned to the 34th Labor Bn were regular two year conscripts0
Most of the men were of German origin whose parents di_d not give up .heir German
citizenship and young Poles whose parents were owners of real estat } storesor of the former intelligentia0 The age or physical status of consci^ipt was
not considered in this assignment0" It mattered only that they were of the
draft age and were able-bodied men0
all permanent type military installations, especially
tank repair shops, were subordinate to the military district headquarters,'
The military units were assigned the facilities, buildings, compounds, etc,
for their use; however, major repairs, remodeling and enlarging were the re-
sponsibility of unidentified staff branches of the military district head
quarters,
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was about 41 cm by 1 cm in size,
a blubackground and had
suspended a small figure of a jumper0 'The same badge was being worn by the of-
ficers and EM mentioned in this report0
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Comments (Cont'd):
18, POP,(Podstawowa Organizacja Partji) Basic Party Organization.
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Pinpoint Locations of Polish and Soviet Military Installations in WROCLAW
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District,, Headquarters II Mecz
Corps
la- Motor Pool,,'Garages
1b; Pass Office, Guardhouse
2 WKR No l and No 2
3e Fourth Military District
Hospital
4; U/i Transportation. Regiment
5' U/i Transportation Regiment (Soviet)
6. U/i Transportation Battalion
7; Headquarters City Garrison, BOQ
8; Province MO Headquarters. for Wroclaw
,9o Public Security Headquarters for
Wroclaw Province
10, U/i KBW Unit
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Scale: 1?25,,OOO
Sheets? 468 and 4968
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Pinpoint Locations of Polish and Soviet-Military Installations in.WROCLAW
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6a
7.
Soviet Officers?. Quarters
Soviet Hospital; U/i Infantry Unit
Map Ref: BRFSLAU-LISSA9 Poland
Scale: 1:25,000
Sheet: 4868
Series: AMS M841
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Legend: 1e U/i Tank Repair Shop
2, Casern of the 6th Tk Regt
3, U/i Engineer OCS
4, U/i Engineer (Sapper.)'-,Regiment
4a Engineer Equipment Park ,
5. Infantry OCS, Nr 1 and Nr 2
5a Officer Quarters
6, U/i Engineer Regiment (Soviet)
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Pinpoint Locations~of Polish and Soviet Military Installations in ZAGAN
Training Grounds
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Map Ref: SAGAN, Poland
Scale: 1:25,000
Sheets:. 4357 and 4358
Series: AHS M841
Legend:
1.
Zagan Casern,.Elements 11th Mecz Div
2.
Headquarters, 11th Mecz Div
3.
U/i Transportation Unit
4.
Soviet Hospital
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Map Ref: SORAU, Poland
Scale: 1:25,9000
Sheet: 4356
Series: AMS M841
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Legend: 1, Casern
2, U/i Regional Military Hospital
subordinate to II Mecz Corps
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Pinpoint Locations of Polish'Mili'tary Instal-
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Pinpoint Location of Polish Military Instal-
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Map Ref: GR. STREHLITZ, Poland
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Sheet: 5475
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Legend: 1, Casern of the 34th Labor Bn 10
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Organization of the 34th Labor Battalion at STRZELCE OPOLSKIE.
Silesian Military
District
34th Labor Battalion
CO: Maj TKACZ, (fnu)
E
1st Co
Capt 0STOW-
RKT
Deputy CO for Pol Mattet
Capt DYRKACZ, (fnu)
Chief of Staff
Capt WITCZAK, (fnu)
2d Co .3d Co 4th Co
Capt GRZE- 1st Lt, CO: Unk
fnu BIALgr1AS f
L __2n intelligence matters
Total: 32 Off
1300 EM*
Quartermaster
Maj SZEMLEJ, (fnu)
11
h Co 6th Co
E 5t
1st. Lt CWI- 1st Lt
KLINSKI fn ZAJAC (fnu)
Intelligence Section
Chief: Maj LIS, (fnu)
11 1,
7th Co - 8th Co 9th Co
Capt SLO- 1st It JA Capt (nu)
MINSKI,(fnu DZINSKI,(f
Staff Officers under: Deputy CO for Political Matters: Chief of Staff:
POP Secretary ;Ist.Lt MROWIEC, (fnu) Personnel Off: Capt
Propaganda Instriictor:Source ROZWADOWSKI, (fnu)
Chief Intell Officer:
Senior.intell Off: 1st Lt LEKANDOWSKI, (fnu)
Intell Off: 2d Lt TWARDOWSKI,.(fnu):. .. _
10th Co
1st It
WARKOCZ,(fn
Quartermaster:
Finance Off: Capt CZYZ, (fnu)
Chief Trans .a Off: 1st Lt.
ZAWADKA, fhu
Medical Off: Capt PAKULSKI, (fnu)
*Includes an Administration and Supply Platoon (pluton gospodarczy)
of approximately 70 EM
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Pinpoint Location of Polish Military Schools in LODZ
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Legend: 1. Marchlewski Political Officers'
Training Center
2. Military Feldsher ('Felpzer') Training Center
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Map Ref: FRANKFURT/ODER, Germany
Scale: 1:25,000
'Sheet: 3653
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