Salvete Omnes,
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| Polish-Soviet border |
over the years it has become my custom to commemorate the attack of the Soviet Union on Polish 2nd Republic in 1939. So one more post of the anniversary variety with some little sidelines.
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| Polish guardsman in front of a Polish border marker ,with the Soviet border post behind the fence |
My favorite post of those I have written made is this one - about KOP or the Polish Border Protection Corps.
These boys, part of the espirit de corps, were part of the equestrian sporting events favored by the Polish Army Command. I encountered these photos in Wiki Commons.
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The eastern borders of Poland - mostly with the Soviet Union -
were protected by KOP outposts, where horses. both cavalry mounts and draft animals, played an important role throughout the whole period 1920-1939, especially since there were very little good paved roads in the border area. There was plenty of contraband, smuggled goods and intelligence gathering & spying on both side of the border.
Sergiusz Piasecki, one of the famous novelists of the Polish 2nd Republic and Polish XX century literature, was a smuggler and spy on the Soviet-Polish border, being chased by the border guards on both sides of the border line.
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| Soviet border crossing behind the Polish guardsman |
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| Soviet train entering Poland |
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| Bystrzyce outpost |
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| Bystrzyce outpost stables |
These boys and their horses went to fight the invading Germans on Sept 1, 1939, and the garrisons of the outposts stood firm fighting the invading Soviet Red Army on September 17, 1939.
Pacem Aeternam
Valete
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