VII Squadron Cromwell tanks and crew of the Free Polish forces 1st Armored Division, training in the UK for the very near invasion in France... Seated second from the right, photographer Czeslaw Datka.


Tanks in waiting

Members of the Free Polish 1st Armored Division - in training in the UK for the upcoming invasion of France - eat lunch in one of the quonset huts. On the right, standing is Francis Ożga war correspondent.

Soup for lunch

Briefing prior to an exercise - Free Polish Forces - 1st Armored Division training in the UK for the very near invasion in France... From the right: Gen. Stanislaw "Poppy" Maczek and Capt. Wysocki.
General Stanisław Maczek (31 March 1892 – 11 December 1994) was a Polish tank commander of World War II, whose division was instrumental in the Allied liberation of France. Earlier, he commanded a Polish armored formation in France in 1940. He was the commander of the famous 1st Polish Armored Division, and later of the I Polish Army Corps under Allied Command in 1942–45.