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Don't quote me on this, but I remember seeing photos of Polish Paratroopers of WWII wearing and using British equipment.

Hi all,

Finally!!! A topic I can comment on!

Polish paras did indeed wear Brit kit throughout the war (as did all Poles). The only thing that was worn differently was the berets. They were not worn in the traditional manner with the badge over the left eye and the beret pulled to the right. All Poles wore their berets with the eagle to the front and the beret pulled back. The color was also different than the maroon berets of the Brit/Canadian paras. It was more of a smoke grey color. If you're interested I can post pictures of an original WWII beret worn by a Pole @ Arnhem for color reference.

Cheers,

Greg 

The Polish forces were supplied in British/Commonwealth fashion as Greg pointed above with the dark grey berets. The Polish airborne troop wore a British kit as did the infantry, armor and other land forces. A good book on the subject is "Poles Apart" which is out of print right now.

It  was in 1940 that the Polish troops started to train in England and Palestine alongside British troops so it was natural to follow the British fashion. Polish ground forces alone on the Western Front numbered close to 195,000.

Mike T.