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Major General Władysław Anders - Iran 1942 - Original photo: Władysław Albert Anders (born August 11, 1892 in Błonie, died May 12, 1970 in London) - Polish military and politician. Major General of the Polish Armed Forces, commander of the Polish Army in the USSR and the 2nd Polish Corps. Commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces, successor to the President of the Republic of Poland in exile in 1950-1954, in 1954 appointed by the emigration authorities as a general of arms. In the summer of 1942, the army and civilians (rescued from prisons and labor camps) evacuated to Iran, and then - as the commander of the Polish Army in the East - led through Iraq and Palestine. he got from there to Italy and took part in the Italian campaign - his most important clashes were the Battle of Monte Cassino and the Battle of Ancona. Photo dimensions: 60x88mm, 57x86mm.