Armia Krajowa - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Armia Krajowa: Encyclopedia - Armia Krajowa
The Armia Krajowa or AK (Home Army) functioned as the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland, which was active in all are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armia Krajowa: Encyclopedia Ii - Armia Krajowa - Weapons And Equipment
As a clandestine army operating in a country occupied by the enemy, separated by over a thousand kilometers from any friendly territory, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jan Piwnik: Encyclopedia Ii - Jan Piwnik - Biography
Jan Piwnik was born August 12, 1912 in the village of Janowice near Opatów. In 1933 he graduated from a reserve NCO artillery school in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stefan Rowecki: Encyclopedia Ii - Stefan Rowecki - Biography
Stefan Rowecki was born December 25, 1895 in Piotrków Trybunalski. In his home town he was one of the organizers of a secret scouting or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Białystok: Encyclopedia - Białystok
Białystok (pronounce: [bȋaːˈwɨstɔk] listen ▶ (help·info), Belarusian: Беласток, Biełastok, Lithuanian: Balstogė, Yidd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Białystok Ghetto Uprising: Encyclopedia - Białystok Ghetto Uprising
Białystok Ghetto Uprising was an insurrection in Poland's Białystok Ghetto against Germany during World War II. It was organised and le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yalta Conference: Encyclopedia - Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed the Argonaut Conference, was the wartime meeting from February...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Encyclopedia - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, sometimes called the Warsaw Uprising 1943, was a Jewish insurrection in Poland's Warsaw Ghetto against Nazi G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia - The Holocaust
The Holocaust is the name applied to the systematic state-sponsored persecution and genocide of various ethnic, religious and political ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witold Pilecki: Encyclopedia - Witold Pilecki
Witold Pilecki (May 13, 1901 – May 25, 1948; pronounced ['vitɔld pi'leʦki]; codenames Roman Jezierski, Tomasz Serafiński, Druh, Wito...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-polonism: Encyclopedia - Anti-polonism
Anti-Polonism (alternatively spelled antipolonism; also, Polonophobia) is a term used to collectively describe a broad spectrum of hostil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ak: Encyclopedia - Ak
AK may mean: Alaska (U.S. postal abbreviation) Applied kinesiology the US Navy hull classification symbol for Cargo Ship Armia Krajowa (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa: Encyclopedia - Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa
The Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa (ŻOB, Polish for the Jewish Fighting Organization; called in Yiddish יידישע קאמף ארגאני...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Encyclopedia Ii - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - The Fight
On January 18, 1943, the first instance of armed resistance occurred when the Germans started the second expulsion of the Jews. The Jewis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suwałki: Encyclopedia Ii - Suwałki - History
The area of Suwałki has been populated by local Yotvingian and Prussians tribes since the early Middle Ages. However, with the arrival o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Self-immolation: Encyclopedia Ii - Self-immolation - History
A number of Buddhist monks, including Thích Quảng Đức, self-immolated in protest of the discriminatory treatment endured by Buddhis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Resistance Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Resistance Movement - Resistance Movements
The following groups may differ widely in numbers and in activity: Resistance movement - Post-World War II. Resistance movement - Worl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kielce: Encyclopedia Ii - Kielce - History
The area of Kielce has been inhabitated at least since 5th century BC. Until 6th or 7th century the banks of the Silnica were inhabitated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witold Pilecki: Encyclopedia Ii - Witold Pilecki - Biography
Witold Pilecki - Pilecki's early life. Witold Pilecki was born May 13, 1901, in Olonets on the shores of Lake Ladoga in Karelia, Russia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Historical Interpretations
As with any historical event, scholars continue to argue over what exactly happened and why. The Holocaust - Who was directly involved i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lvov-sandomierz Operation: Encyclopedia Ii - Lvov-sandomierz Operation - Encirclement At Brody
To the south, the major Soviet assault, aimed at the juncture of the 1.Panzer-Armee and 4.Panzer-Armee had been successfully repulsed on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yalta Conference: Encyclopedia Ii - Yalta Conference - Conference
It was a continuation of the series of meetings begun at the Casablanca Conference (January 14 to 24, 1943) although the meetings can be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virtuti Militari: Encyclopedia Ii - Virtuti Militari - History
Virtuti Militari - Beginnings. Throughout its history, the Virtuti Militari has shared its country's fate, and has been abolished and r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Early History To Golden Age: 966–1572
History of the Jews in Poland - Early history: 966–1385. The first Jews arrived in the territory of modern Poland in the 10th century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kedyw: Encyclopedia Ii - Kedyw - Warsaw Uprising
Prior to the Warsaw Uprising, most of the Kedyw units in the Warsaw area were moved into the city and grouped into infantry battalions. N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Polish History During The 1900s: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Polish History During The 1900s - Interwar Period 1918-1939
Jewish Polish history during the 1900s - Independence and Polish Jews. Jews also played a role in the fight for crisps for independence...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1945–1989: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1945–1989 - Creation Of The People's Republic Of Poland 1945–1956
History of Poland 1945–1989 - Wartime devastation. Poland suffered enormous losses during World War II. While in 1939 Poland had 35.1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gerard Antoni Ciołek: Encyclopedia Ii - Gerard Antoni Ciołek - Biography
Gerard Antoni Ciołek was born on 24 September 1909 in Wyżnica, a small town in Bukovina territory of the Austro-Hungarian empire (now W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heroism Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Heroism Film - Synopsis
Heroism film - Scherzo Alla Pollacca. The first part is a bitter, tragicomic story of Dzidziuś, a street-wise dodger, bon-vivant, drun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Vilnius: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Vilnius - Interwar Period
History of Vilnius - Polish-Lithuanian conflict. During the World War I Wilna was occupied by Germany from 1915 until 1918. Still under...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Resistance: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Resistance - Origins
The rise of resistance movements in Greece was precipitated by the invasion and occupation of Greece by Nazi Germany (and its allies Ital...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Early History To Golden Age: 966–1572
History of the Jews in Poland - Early history: 966–1385. Main article: History of Poland (966-1385) The first Jews arrived in the t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fallschirm-panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring: Encyclopedia Ii - Fallschirm-panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring - Creation And Early History - Police Administration
When Adolf Hitler's NSDAP swept to power in Germany in 1933, World War I fighter ace Hermann Göring was appointed as the Minister of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gwardia Ludowa: Encyclopedia Ii - Gwardia Ludowa - History
Gwardia Ludowa was created on January 6, 1942. Its main task was fight against Germany, by means of partisan warfare, sabotage and repris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Icchak Cukierman: Encyclopedia Ii - Icchak Cukierman - World War Ii
Cukierman was born in Vilna to a Jewish family. As a young man he embraced the concepts of socialism and Zionism. After the German and So...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Rydz-Śmigły: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Rydz-Śmigły - Biography
Edward Rydz-Śmigły - Early life. Edward Rydz was born in the village of Łapszyn near Brzeżany, Tarnopol Voivodship, Galicia. He was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cichociemni: Encyclopedia Ii - Cichociemni - History
Cichociemni - Early days. On December 30, 1939 capt. Jan Górski, a Polish Army officer who managed to escape to France after the Polis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bataliony Chłopskie: Encyclopedia Ii - Bataliony Chłopskie - History
Initially after the occupation of Poland by the Soviet Union and Germany, the peasant parties were reluctant to forming their own armed r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Błyskawica: Encyclopedia Ii - Błyskawica - History
In 1942 engineer Wacław Zawrotny proposed the Armia Krajowa command that he and his colleagues prepare a project of a cheap, home-made m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paweł Jasienica: Encyclopedia Ii - Paweł Jasienica - Biography
He was born in the same place as Lenin, in Simbirsk to Russian Poles Mikołaj and Helena Maliszewski. His father was a Russian official a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Józef Cyrankiewicz: Encyclopedia Ii - Józef Cyrankiewicz - World War Ii
Active in the Armia Krajowa, the Polish resistance, from the beginning of Poland's 1939 defeat at the start of World War II, Cyrankiewicz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Council Of National Unity: Encyclopedia Ii - Council Of National Unity - History
Originally the political arm of the Polish Secret State was Polityczny Komitet Porozumiewawczy, a council composed of 4 main political pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colditz Castle: Encyclopedia Ii - Colditz Castle - Colditz Castle As Oflag Ivc
After the outbreak of World War II the castle was converted into a high security Prisoner of War camp for officers who had become securit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-polonism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-polonism - Description
The historic counterpart of anti-Polonism is polakożerstwo (in English - the devouring of Poles) — a term used in 19th century to desc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Victims
The victims of the Holocaust were Jews, Polish, Russian, Communists, homosexuals, Roma (also known as gypsies), the mentally ill and the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stefan Starzyński: Encyclopedia Ii - Stefan Starzyński - Biographical Note
Stefan Starzyński - Soldier. Starzyński was born on January 19, 1893 in Warsaw. After finishing his gymnasium he joined the Faculty o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sten: Encyclopedia Ii - Sten - Variants
Sten guns were produced in several basic marks, although the fourth was never issued and nearly half of the total produced were of the Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peenemünde: Encyclopedia Ii - Peenemünde - Rocket Facility
During World War II, Peenemünde hosted the Heeresversuchsanstalt, an extensive rocket development and test site established in 1937. Pri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jan Karski: Encyclopedia Ii - Jan Karski - World War Ii
After crossing into German-held part of Poland, in November of 1939 he managed to escape a train to a POW camp and found his way to Warsa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kraków Ghetto: Encyclopedia Ii - Kraków Ghetto - Overview
Persecution of the Jewish population of Kraków began soon after the Nazis occupied the city in September 1939 during the Polish Septembe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Contribution To World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish Contribution To World War Ii - Army
After the country's defeat in the 1939 campaign, the Polish government in exile quickly organized in France a new army of about 80,000 me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Lithuania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Lithuania - Independent Interwar Lithuania 1918-1940
History of Lithuania - Freedom wars 1918-1922. The term "Freedom wars" refers to the three wars Lithuania was fighting to defend its te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trial Of The Sixteen: Encyclopedia Ii - Trial Of The Sixteen - History
In February 1945 the Government Delegate together with most members of the Council of National Unity and the C-i-C of the Armia Krajowa w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warsaw Citadel: Encyclopedia Ii - Warsaw Citadel - History
The Citadel was built by personal order of Tsar Nicholas I after the 1830 November Uprising. Its chief architect, Major General Ivan Dehn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-polonism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-polonism - Description
The historic counterpart of anti-Polonism is polakożerstwo (in English - the devouring of Poles) — a term used in 19th century to desc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa: Encyclopedia Ii - Żydowska Organizacja Bojowa - Formation Of The Żob
The underground political factions met secretly on 23 July 1942, but failed to reach a consensus. On 28 July 1942, representatives from H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Białystok: Encyclopedia Ii - Białystok - History
According to legend, Bialystok was given its name by the Lithuanian prince Gediminas in about 1320. The first mention of the place in his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Władysław Sikorski: Encyclopedia Ii - Władysław Sikorski - Biography
Władysław Sikorski - Early life and World War I. Sikorski was born May 20, 1881, in Tuszów Narodowy, Polish Galicia, then a territor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warsaw University: Encyclopedia Ii - Warsaw University - History
Warsaw University - 1816-1831. The Royal University of Warsaw was established in 1816, when the partitions of Poland separated Warsaw f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grom: Encyclopedia Ii - Grom - History
GROM - Early history. In the 1970s and 1980s there were several special forces formations, but were either trained in typically militar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lech Kaczyński: Encyclopedia Ii - Lech Kaczyński - Political Biography
As children the twin brothers Lech and Jarosław starred in a Polish 1962 movie The Two That Stole The Moon (Polish title O dwóch takich...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Resistance During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Resistance During World War Ii - Famous Resistance Operations
An intricate series of resistance operations were launched in France prior to, and during, Operation Overlord. On June 5 1944, the BBC br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Holocaust Victims: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Holocaust Victims - Music
Siehe auch: In der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus verfolgte Composeren Pavel Haas, Composer (d. Auschwitz concentration camp 1944) Gideon ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of People Who Helped Jews During The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of People Who Helped Jews During The Holocaust - Countries
In two cases, entire countries resisted the deportation of their Jewish population. The Rescue of the Danish Jews saved around 7,500 Jew...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nkvd: Encyclopedia Ii - Nkvd - Nkvd Activities
Although the NKVD performed the important function of state security, the name of the organization today is associated primarily with act...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Armed Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish Armed Forces - History
Main articles: History of the Polish Military, Armia Krajowa (Home Army), Polish contribution to World War II The modern day Wojsko was c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Resistance And Rescuers
The Holocaust - Resistance. Due to the careful organization and overwhelming military might of the Nazi German state and its supporters...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warsaw University: Encyclopedia Ii - Warsaw University - Faculties
Warsaw University - Other units. British Studies Centre Centre de Civilisation Francaise et d'Etudes Francophones aupres de l`Universi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Perpetrators And Collaborators
The Holocaust - Who was directly involved in the killings?. A wide range of German soldiers, officials, and civilians were involved in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Władysław Sikorski: Encyclopedia Ii - Władysław Sikorski - Aftermath
Immediately after the crash, a Polish officer who had witnessed the event from the airstrip began sobbing quietly and repeating: "This is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warsaw University: Encyclopedia Ii - Warsaw University - Campus
The main campus of the Warsaw University is located in downtown Warsaw, at Krakowskie Przedmieście street in the Old Town area. It consi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trial Of The Sixteen: Encyclopedia Ii - Trial Of The Sixteen - People Involved
Members of the Council of National Unity: Kazimierz Bagiński - 1 year, later released and forced to emigrate to the USA Head of Zjednoc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Icchak Cukierman: Encyclopedia Ii - Icchak Cukierman - Post-war Life
After the war he worked as part of a Berihah network that smuggled Jewish refugees out of occupied Europe to Palestine. In 1947 he made t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Death Toll
The exact number of people killed by the Nazi regime will never be known, but scholars, using a variety of methods of determining the dea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Vilnius: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Vilnius - Independent Lithuania
Beginning in 1987 there were massive demonstrations against Soviet rule in the country. On March 11, 1990 the Supreme Council of the Lith...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Execution Of The Holocaust
The Holocaust - Concentration and Labor Camps 1933-1945. Starting in 1933, the Nazis set up concentration camps within Germany, many of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Historical Interpretations
The Holocaust - Why did people participate in authorize or tacitly accept the killing?. Stanley Milgram was one of a number of post-wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Vilnius: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Vilnius - Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth
Between 1503 and 1522 the city was surrounded with walls that had nine gates and three towers. Communities of Poles, Lithuanians and Bela...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Vilnius: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Vilnius - Middle Ages
The earliest settlements in the area of present Vilnius appear to be of mesolithic origin. Numerous archaeological findings in different ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Wwii And The Destruction Of Polish Jewry 1939–45
History of the Jews in Poland - The Polish September campaign. Main article: Polish September Campaign During the Polish September Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - Interwar Period 1918–39
History of the Jews in Poland - Independence and Polish Jews. Jews also played a role in the fight for independence in 1918, some joini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Impact On Culture
The Holocaust - Holocaust theology. On account of the magnitude of the Holocaust, many theologians have re-examined the classical theol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Aftermath
The Holocaust - Displaced Persons and the State of Israel. The Holocaust and its aftermath left millions of refugees, including many Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sten: Encyclopedia Ii - Sten - Service
The Sten, especially the Mark II, tended to attract affection and loathing in equal measure, its distinctively crude design appealing to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Vilnius: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Vilnius - Russian Occupation
After the Third Partition of Poland in 1795, Wilno was annexed by Russia and became the capital of a gubernya. In 1812 the city was seize...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Władysław Sikorski: Encyclopedia Ii - Władysław Sikorski - Controversy Surrounding Sikorski's Death
In 1943 a British Court of Inquiry investigated the crash of Sikorski's B-24 Liberator but was unable to determine the probable cause, fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Vilnius: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Vilnius - Second World War
In the beginning of Second World War Lithuanian government categorically refused German suggestions to participate in aggression against ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Holocaust: Encyclopedia Ii - The Holocaust - Features Of The Nazi Holocaust
There were several characteristics to the Nazi Holocaust which, taken together, distinguish it from other genocides in history. The Holo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lvov-sandomierz Operation: Encyclopedia Ii - Lvov-sandomierz Operation - Opposing Forces
Meanwhile, Model was removed from command of Army Group North Ukraine and replaced by Generaloberst Josef Harpe. Harpe's force comprised ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Contribution To World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish Contribution To World War Ii - Navy
Just on the eve of war, most of the major Polish Navy ships had been sent for safety to the British Isles. There they fought alongside th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lvov-sandomierz Operation: Encyclopedia Ii - Lvov-sandomierz Operation - Bagration - The Stage Is Set
By early June 1944, the forces of Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model's Army Group North Ukraine had been pushed back beyond the Dniepr and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kielce: Encyclopedia Ii - Kielce - Politics
Kielce - Kielce constituency. Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Kielce constituency Cepil Józef, Samoobrona Długosz Henryk, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Contribution To World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish Contribution To World War Ii - Air Force
The Polish Air Force fought in the Battle of France as one fighter squadron GC 1/145, several small units detached to French squadrons, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lvov-sandomierz Operation: Encyclopedia Ii - Lvov-sandomierz Operation - Annihilation At Brody - Objectives Redefined
For the men trapped at Brody, help would not come. Despite several desperate attacks by the exhausted and understrength forces of XLVIII....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Armed Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish Armed Forces - Recent Operations
Polish Armed Forces took part in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, deploying 2,500 soldiers in the south of that country and commanding the 17-n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Armed Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish Armed Forces - Trivia
Polish military forces are the origin of the two-fingers salute. ... See also:Polish Armed Forces, Polish Armed Forces - History, Poli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Armed Forces: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish Armed Forces - Branches
The Wojsko consists of the following branches: Polish Land Forces (Wojska Lądowe Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) Polish Navy (Marynarka Woje...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lvov-sandomierz Operation: Encyclopedia Ii - Lvov-sandomierz Operation - The Assault Begins
On 13 July 1944, the northern attack towards Rava-Russkaya got underway. The Soviet forces easily pushed through near Horokhiv. The Germa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish Contribution To World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish Contribution To World War Ii - Intelligence
During a period of over six and a half years, from late December 1932 to the outbreak of World War II, three mathematician-cryptologists ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lvov-sandomierz Operation: Encyclopedia Ii - Lvov-sandomierz Operation - Renewed Attack - Capture Of Sandomierz
The renewed Soviet offensive got underway on 29 July, with Konev's spearheads quickly reaching the Vistula and establishing a strong brid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sten: Encyclopedia Ii - Sten - History
The Sten was designed at a time when Britain was engaged in the Battle of Britain and other fighting throughout the world, and facing the...   » Read the article