On 26 September, together with the 6th General St. Sosabowski Air Force and the University of the Committee on National Education in Kraków, the Polish Aviation Museum invites to the beginning of the exhibition and the global technological Conference on the 80th anniversary of the participation of the 1st Paradural Brigade in Operation marketplace Garden.
The largest military operation involving air-desant troops, conducted by the Allied
In the marketplace Garden operation air-desant troops played a key role, including 2 American divisions (101st and 82nd), the British 1st Division and the Polish 1st Parade Brigade. The brigade was created by General Stanisław Sosabowski, a prominent officer of the pre-war Polish Army and defender of Warsaw in 1939. Thanks to his determination, 1 of the best units of the Polish Armed Forces in the West was created, considered elite and innovative.
Polish paratroopers were trained for a mission to occupied Poland, but it never took place. Instead, the Brigade took part in the battles in the Driel-Arnhem area, which are part of the marketplace Garden operation. The first parachute landing of Polish soldiers took place on 21 September on the confederate shore of the Rhine. In an effort to support General Urquhart's laped British 1st Airborne Division, who was to take the bridge at Arnhem, Polish paratroopers encountered strong opposition from the Germans. Errors in planning and strong German defence caused the operation to neglect the Allied.
International technological Conference with Grandson General Sosabowski
As part of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the participation of the 1st Parade Brigade in Operation marketplace Garden in the Polish Aviation Museum, an global technological conference moderated by Dr. Przemysław Wywiał, prof. of the National Education Commission, will be held. As participants and speakers:
• prof. Hal Sosabowski, University of Brighton – 1st Independent Parachute Brigage in Operation marketplace Garden
• Ronnie Weijers, manager of The Airborne Museum at Hartenstein, Netherlands
• Brig-Gen Michał Strzelecki, Commander 6 BPD
• Colonel Maciej Goc, Chief of Staff 6 BPD
• prof. dr hab. Hubert Królikowski (Jagiello University) – Genera of Polish peculiar Operations
• dr hab. Krzysztof Mroczkowski, prof. of the University of Rzeszów (Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow) and Andrzej Chytkowski (Krakowski Club of elder Aviation) – Tadeusz Kramarz. origin for Biography
• Dr Agnieszka Polończyk-Sudol (University of the Committee on National Education in Krakow) – utilizing modern geoinformatic tools to analyse and measure the designation of silent discharges utilizing the example of the "Bat-Solnica" discharge.
The conference programme is not final.
Extraordinary souvenirs of General Sosabowski and Polish paratroopers from planet War II
The event accompanying the conference will be the beginning of the 1st Parade Brigade in Operation marketplace Garden 1944, which will be presented in the Main Hangar as part of the permanent Wing and People of the 20th century exhibition. At the exhibition you will be able to admire memorabilia from the collections of the Tradition Hall – the Museum of the 6th Airborne Brigade and the Hall of Tradition of the 18th Bielski Airborne Battalion.
Among the most interesting exhibits there will be, among others, the previously unrepresented first secretary of Gen. St. Sosabowski handed over to the 6th Airborne Brigade by the great-grandson general, prof. Hal Sosabowski in 2023. It will besides be possible to see the distinctions awarded to General and Brigadier General, a replica of the celebrated flag of Surge Polonia, elements of paratrooper equipment from planet War II, and many papers and photographs from the era.
The beginning will enrich the exposition of the first historical firearms – German, American and British – utilized by soldiers during the marketplace Garden operation.
The intent of the event is to bring the communicative of the 1st Paratrooperal Brigade and marketplace Garden operations closer to the wider audience and reconstruct the memory of heroic soldiers from Arnhem.
Admission to the beginning and exhibition – included in the price of the ticket to the Museum.
Admission to the global technological conference – for invitations.
Event programme:
10.00 – exhibition beginning 1st Independent Parade Brigade in Operation marketplace Garden 1944
11.15 – 1.30 – global Conference on discipline on the 80th anniversary of the participation of the 1st Parade Brigade in Operation marketplace Garden.
The honorary patronage over the event was:
Deputy Prime Minister, National Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish,
the voivodship of Małopolska Krzysztof Jan Klęczar,
Marshal of Małopolskie Voivodeship Łukasz Smółka
The patron of the event is Kraków Airport.
Details of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the participation of the 1st Paradural Brigade in Operation marketplace Garden:
https://museumlotcy.pl/events/memory-o-heroes-pod-arnhem-80-year-old-participation-1-self-separance-brigade-fall-in-operation-market-garden/
and at the Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/2ipbrRyJS
Text: Zuzanna Kaczorowska/ Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków
