Polish 1st Armoured Division

Commanders

• Stanisław Maczek 25 Feb 1942 – 20 May 1945

Positions (approximate)

1. 25 February 1942Formed at Duns, Scotland (stationed in Scotland until 1944)
2. 6 June 1944Still in Scotland — landed in Normandy by the end of July 1944
3. 21 August 1944Closing the Falaise Pocket at Chambois
4. 15 September 1944Ghent, Flanders
5. 16 December 1944Breda (liberated 29 Oct)
6. 25 April 1945Wilhelmshaven (surrender taken 5 May)

Positions are approximate sector centres on front-snapshot dates — not daily positions or headquarters. Between dates the map shows the last known position.

Sources

1. [1]
   1st Armoured Division (Poland)

   Wikipedia (EN) · encyclopedia