Every day thousands of Polish soldiers organize, rebuild and carry aid to residents of areas destroyed by flooding. There's plenty of work to be done in the Phoenix operation, so all support is simply a goldweight. shortly Poles will be working together with soldiers from Germany and Turkey who have already been assigned tasks. The Americans and the British are besides eager to help.
At the end of September, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced that to fight the effects of floods in the south of Poland Allied troops will join. All to “time before winter”. The Deputy Prime Minister stressed that although we ourselves have the capacity and the ability to do so, aid is needed, due to the fact that thanks to it many things can be done faster. In addition, the head of the MON admitted that it was hard not to accept the offer of support from the Turkish army, which he wanted to repay for Polish soldiers put a field hospital in Turkey, erstwhile the country experienced the earthquake and its disastrous effects.
After the reinsansus, run from 1 October, it is already known that the floodees will be helped not only by soldiers from Turkey, but besides from Germany. Our western neighbour will send to Poland a dense engineering company consisting of about 100 soldiers. They will deal with the training of transport routes and the purification of the area from flood remnants in Bodzany. The preparatory group is scheduled to begin operations on 8 October, and 2 days later the main forces will enter the action. Germany will assist for 8 weeks in cooperation with the 2nd Engineering Regiment, which was designated as the coordinating unit for allied actions.
Turkey intends to send about 15 bridge platoon soldiers to Poland to build a bridge next to the destroyed crossing. The preliminary findings list 3 places of execution: Lądek Zdrój, Krosnowace and Wilkanów. However, the exact location depends on the decision of Turkey Armed Forces Command in Ankara. I'm certain the allies will be in our area in 2 or 4 weeks.
The Turks declared assistance not only in the construction of the crossing bridge, but besides in the long-term maintenance of the facility by their staff, who, if necessary, will stay in Poland. To coordinate the activities of the bridge platoon, the Polish side designated the 5th Engineering Regiment.
After October's rekonesans to aid are besides willing British and American. However, there have not yet been declarations, how many military and to what tasks they could address in the close future. The UK delegation asked to send a request for support in circumstantial areas. The Americans, on the another hand, announced that the U.S. Embassy could decide to usage their troops stationed in Poland.
It is known that Gen. Marek Wawrzyniak, Head of the Military Engineering Board, has already addressed Deputy Commander of the 5th Corps Maj. Gen. Maciej Jabłoński to consider the anticipation of utilizing US forces under the 5th Corps in Operation Fenix.
Allied forces deployed will be subordinate to the commander of the Task Force Engineering (ZZWI). The Polish liaison officer and the CIMIC squad (civil-military cooperation) are to be seconded to each quota. The Polish side will supply abroad soldiers with food, accommodation (military or based on civilian hotels) and fuel, as well as telecommunications and laundry services. Any medical care will be provided by staff of the field infirmary in Nysa and Wrocław. The parties sending their soldiers will only gotta supply spare parts for the equipment.
Operation Feniks began on 23 September as the largest specified action in the past of Polish armed forces. Its main nonsubjective is to mitigate the effects of floods, to reduce the hazard of re-submersal and reconstruction of road, bridge and rail infrastructure. – End date Operation Fenix It is December 31, 2024, but at any time it can be extended for further weeks," said Brig-Gen Dr. Krzysztof Stańczyk, WOT commander, appointed as commander Operation Fenix.
