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Posted by telsono on Monday, April 14, 2008 5:19 PM

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.

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Posted by stikpusher on Friday, April 4, 2008 11:05 PM
Photos I have seen of FreeFrench troops show them often equipped with US uniforms or a combination of US and French equipment/uniforms, once the US entered the war. But many "armies in exile" used British uniforms and equipment.

 

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Posted by Aaronw on Thursday, April 3, 2008 5:00 PM
It is my understanding that the British supplied weapons, uniforms etc and the US & Canada supplied the vehicles and armor for all the "free" units units in WW2 (French, Poles, Dutch etc).
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Posted by GregFK on Thursday, April 3, 2008 3:34 PM

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 

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Posted by Grizzly1970 on Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:58 AM
Polish troops wore British battle dress with the exception of Polish badges and patches with Poland on them.
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Posted by Tankluver on Saturday, March 29, 2008 5:48 PM
Yea I believe I saw a photo on wikipedia.com of Polish renactors that where wearing paratrooper gear that resembled Brtish gear.
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Posted by m1garand on Saturday, March 29, 2008 5:25 PM

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

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1/35 Polish paratroopers
Posted by Tankluver on Saturday, March 29, 2008 3:44 PM
Could I use the verlinden and Drago red devil kits to make Polish paratroopers?
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