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Bodston · 27-02-2008, 01:37 PM

That picture where he is looking at the Churchills. There are rows of Valentines in the background. I can't find any mention of Polish units equipped with Churchills. Probably a large-scale joint exercise. I do like the France 1940 picture

I don't think that I've seen a Renault UE and a Bren carrier in the same column before. There can't have been many Poles in the BEF surely?
Edit: Just checked in "The Black Devil's March" by Evan McGilvray and a Polish 10th Armoured Brigade (really only a partial, Mechanized Cavalry Brigade) was already operating in exile in France in 1940, with the French army and not the BEF.

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Bodston Very Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: just around the corner Posts: 1,295	That picture where he is looking at the Churchills. There are rows of Valentines in the background. I can't find any mention of Polish units equipped with Churchills. Probably a large-scale joint exercise. I do like the France 1940 picture I don't think that I've seen a Renault UE and a Bren carrier in the same column before. There can't have been many Poles in the BEF surely? Edit: Just checked in "The Black Devil's March" by Evan McGilvray and a Polish 10th Armoured Brigade (really only a partial, Mechanized Cavalry Brigade) was already operating in exile in France in 1940, with the French army and not the BEF. __________________ My mother told me, I never should, play with the gypsies in the wood. Last edited by Bodston; 27-02-2008 at 02:03 PM.