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Efforts of crossing the German blockade of Polish coast by sea 1 Sept. – 2 Oct. 1939

Piotr Sykut
Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings
Section: Rozprawy i Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2016.23.22en

Abstract

The article presents the attempts of Polish coast defenders' to get through to neutral countries by sea during military operations in September and October 1939. These efforts were made in spite of the German blockade of Polish coast by Kriegsmarine ships and Luftwaffe planes. This subject hasn't been widely featured yet using the reports of coast defenders kept in Polish and foreign archives. The goal of this article is the systematisation of knowledge about these facts, presentation of characters of sailors, soldiers and civilians, who didn't want to go into captivity. Some of them were going to continue their struggle in Polish Armed Forces in the West.

Keywords:

Escape, keelboat, Hel Peninsula, yacht, Batory

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Sykut, P. (2021). Efforts of crossing the German blockade of Polish coast by sea 1 Sept. – 2 Oct. 1939. Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings, 23(1), 284–301. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2016.23.22en

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