TACTICAL EXERCISES ON THE MILITARY DISTRICT LEVEL

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 15, 2009
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: May 12, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Tactical Exercises on the
Military District Level
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COUNTRY Poland
DATE DISTR.'13. it 1935
SUBJECT Tactical Exercises on the Military NO. OF PAGES 2
District Level
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the NCO school battal on
a . 'aw^ o Dram urg, N 53-32, E 15x48
participated in a seven-day tactical exercise whion so
involved army units'of the Second Military-District and the Wroclaw
Military District. The Drawsko training area, an area of about 2
km. was utilized
xero se was, on an.
its operations were conducted by Marshal Rokosso-
wski, the Minister o National Defenee.:
2. The fo:::e: nd Military District was called Army N (Armia N),.
the latter N May hays stand f
no aecona ary District force wa composed of an uniden-
e n entry division from Szczecin (Stettin, the 9th Ind Mad Tk
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REGRE'T`
Refit, the 39th Metz Inf Regt, and unid
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compare es o the NCO school battalion were assigned to 25X1
various other units of the Second Military District's forces.
During the first three days of the exercise, at which time the oppos-
ing forces were supposedly some distance away and slowly approaching
their positions company selected, dug, and camouflaged. tree- 25X1
ches and gun emplacements, and parked and camouflaged the vehicles .in
a nearby wooded area.
Contact was made with the enemy forces during the fourth day. 25X1
advancing forces. On one occasion the enemy forces used smoke pots
to simulate a gas attack. During the hours of darkness, both formes
sent out combat and reconnaissance patrols and often attempted to cap-
ture prisoners. Blackouts were practid during the hours of darkness.
On the fifth day company withdrew from their defensive 25X1
positions on orders and used vehicles to move and occupy previously
selected and prepared positions several kilometers to their rear.
On the sixth day, the enemy utilized about 25 PAP planes,which were
described as single-engine fighters and twin-engine bombers, an.d.sim-
ulated an air attack by dropping powder-filled bags on the defending
troops.
7. The seventh day was used to withdraw the troops to their.bivoua?
areas. All the officers ,I
criti ue which
generally all troops n-
e railed to a vance properly and to use camouflage effectiv.ely;:
they had also fre, ntly. exposed themselves to the enemy. In. addition,
an unknown number of troops from the 39th Meat Inf
nawciiy e reated during the enemy's tank assault on their
iti
pos
ons. Some troops had used empty cartridges as pellets when fir-
ing blank ammunition and had injured some of the troops during assaults.
During the exercise, it was rumored among EM that Marshal Rokoseawski
had landed at a nearby airfield and personally witnessed the troopet
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9? an unknown number of Polish military officers were
pany. For identification, umpires wore,white cloth bands on their
left arms as well as around their cap bands.
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equipment and W pons. these were units of the
unidentified infantry d a on roar zozec n.
11. During the exercises, troops-were fed three times a day from battalion
and/or company field kitchens, which were set about two kilometers
to their rear, troops were sent individually
to the kitchen for their rations. of
issued to any of the troops.
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