Polish II Corps
Corps · Poland · July 21, 1943 – October 31, 1946 · 100,000 strong
Władysław Anders's corps of Poles released from Soviet camps, which took Monte Cassino in May 1944, then Ancona and Bologna.
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Served with
- February 1, 1944 – May 2, 1945 Eighth Army (United Kingdom)
Strength and losses
- Nominal Strength: 100,000
Movements
- July 9, 1943 – May 2, 1945 Italian campaign
- May 11, 1944 Battle of Monte Cassino Assaults Monte Cassino Map
- May 11–23, 1944 Operation Diadem
- May 18, 1944 Takes the monastery Map
- July 18, 1944 Ancona taken Map
- August 25, 1944 Operation Olive Gothic Line at Pesaro Map
- April 9–21, 1945 Battle of Bologna
- April 21, 1945 – May 2, 1945 Spring 1945 offensive in Italy Bologna Map