Women's Auxiliary Service (Poland)
The Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (Polish: Pomocnicza Służba Kobiet (PSK), Pestki) was a unit of Polish Armed Forces during II World War established in 1941 by initiative of Lt. Gen. Władysław Anders, while creating Polish Armed Forces in the East. Pestki worked as nurses, cooks, teachers in schools for war orphans, secretaries in staffs, pilots, drivers, etc. In active service there were around 4,000 volunteers in any time of the war, but 1 July 1945, in time of highest abundance, there were 7,000 women in WAS. The WAS was disbanded in March 1946.
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Women's Auxiliary Service (Poland)
The Women's Auxiliary Service (WAS) (Polish: Pomocnicza Służba Kobiet (PSK), Pestki) was a unit of Polish Armed Forces during II World War established in 1941 by initiative of Lt. Gen. Władysław Anders, while creating Polish Armed Forces in the East. Pestki worked as nurses, cooks, teachers in schools for war orphans, secretaries in staffs, pilots, drivers, etc. In active service there were around 4,000 volunteers in any time of the war, but 1 July 1945, in time of highest abundance, there were 7,000 women in WAS. The WAS was disbanded in March 1946.
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Le Service auxiliaire féminin ...... e du général Władysław Anders.
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Pomocnicza Służba Kobiet (PSK, ...... . W marcu 1946 rozwiązano PSK.
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The Women's Auxiliary Service ...... S was disbanded in March 1946.
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Le Service auxiliaire féminin ...... e du général Władysław Anders.
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Pomocnicza Służba Kobiet (PSK, ...... yło ok. 7 tysięcy ochotniczek.
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The Women's Auxiliary Service ...... S was disbanded in March 1946.
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Pomocnicza Służba Kobiet
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Service auxiliaire féminin polonais
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Women's Auxiliary Service (Poland)
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