General Sosnkowski (armoured train)
Encyclopedia
The Generał Sosnkowski was a Polish armoured train that was developed during the Second Polish Republic
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Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; a period in Polish history in which Poland was restored as an independent state. Officially known as the Republic of Poland or the Commonwealth of Poland , the Polish state was...
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History
The PP 13 Generał Sosnkowski was built in 1920, at the Cegielski plant in Poznań. Though modernized in the 1930s, its outward appearance retained its earlier characteristics. It saw action during the Invasion of Poland (1939)Invasion of Poland (1939)
The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign or 1939 Defensive War in Poland and the Poland Campaign in Germany, was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the start of World War II in Europe...
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