Hi folks,
I received a question through stargrunt.ca recently and I thought I'd solicit
help from the list:
"Hi! I'm looking for some army list or units description of Polish Regiment
(Polish Mercenaries in SG2). Is there any?"
Tom and I don't have anything Polish related on the site, and I can't recall
if anyone else who does a Stargrunt related site has mentioned anything about
the Poles. Anyone recall anything?
Thanks,
The only thing I recall is on www.stargrunt.ca, an article
www.stargrunt.ca/settings_hist/ja_mercs/ja_mercs.htm by JohnA which
includes:
> The Polish Regiments
To
prevent the need to fight a 2-front war, the NSL partitioned Poland with
the RH again (Note: This would be the fifth time Germans have partitioned
Poland with Russians. I'm just following a historical trend - Poland is
a nation and a culture with lousy luck, lots of enemies, and not a single
defensible terrain feature to its name. NSL got back old Prussia, Brandenburg,
and Silesia, RH got the rest). Elements of the Polish Army escaped and went
Mercenary. These 9 units still consider themselves the Polish Army in exile.
The most famous is the 6th "Eagle" Interface Division, which is almost unique
among merc units in maintaining a full battalion of Powered Armor and a
platoon of PA in each of its other BNs. The other units are brigade to
battalion sized. Registered in the FSE.
Currently, the FTII time line is the only one mentioning Poland, and it's
attempt to split with the NSL to become a 'partner' with the ESU, correct? Why
a mercenary unit?
I will admit a tendency to suggest the 1st Polish Independent Drop Brigade
Group or Sosabowski's Slayers, but that's a western viewpoint.
The_Beast
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Elements of the Polish Army escaped and went Mercenary. These 9 units still
consider themselves the Polish Army in exile. The most famous is the 6th
"Eagle" Interface Division, which is almost unique among merc units in
maintaining a full battalion of Powered Armor and a platoon of PA in each of
its other BNs. The other units are brigade to battalion sized. Registered in
the FSE.
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Ah, that answers my question; have anybody seen these fleshed out?
The_Beast
> At 12:48 PM -0500 12/2/03, laserlight@quixnet.net wrote:
To
> prevent the need to fight a 2-front war, the NSL partitioned Poland
[snip]
What was the history of relations with the NAC? I'm kind of fond of the Polish
military for their ability to generally resist to the end (vs the french mode)
and their long time amiable relations with Britain. Accounts of Polish Units
in WWII fighting the Germans (Polish Para Brigade, Free Polish Armored units,
etc) and their very methodical and indubitable resolve is something to be
admired in spite of their many misfortunes.
The big fly I see with friendly relations based on good past history is
through the NAC being on good terms with the NSL and not so good terms with
the ESU or FSE.