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THE POLISH ARMY IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, 1943-1945 - It's the tank named 'Merkury' commanded by Officer Cadet Aleksander Średnicki. It fell down the ravine while reversing to avoid a German counterattack, instantly killing a gunner, Corporal Adam Antoniuk, wounding Średnicki and tank's radiooperator, Private Święcicki. Two drivers (possibly featured in the photograph), Lance Corporals Józef Boryczko and Juliusz Matzenauer, survived the fall although Matzenauer was killed by a mortar grenade a few minutes later. Overturned Sherman tank of the 3rd Squadron, 6th Armoured Regiment (2nd Warsaw Armo

THE POLISH ARMY IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, 1943-1945 - It's the tank named 'Merkury' commanded by Officer Cadet Aleksander Średnicki. It fell down the ravine while reversing to avoid a German counterattack, instantly killing a gunner, Corporal Adam Antoniuk, wounding Średnicki and tank's radiooperator, Private Święcicki. Two drivers (possibly featured in the photograph), Lance Corporals Józef Boryczko and Juliusz Matzenauer, survived the fall although Matzenauer was killed by a mortar grenade a few minutes later. Overturned Sherman tank of the 3rd Squadron, 6th Armoured Regiment (2nd Warsaw Armo Stock Photo
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THE POLISH ARMY IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, 1943-1945 - It's the tank named 'Merkury' commanded by Officer Cadet Aleksander Średnicki. It fell down the ravine while reversing to avoid a German counterattack, instantly killing a gunner, Corporal Adam Antoniuk, wounding Średnicki and tank's radiooperator, Private Święcicki. Two drivers (possibly featured in the photograph), Lance Corporals Józef Boryczko and Juliusz Matzenauer, survived the fall although Matzenauer was killed by a mortar grenade a few minutes later. Overturned Sherman tank of the 3rd Squadron, 6th Armoured Regiment (2nd Warsaw Armoured Brigade, 2nd Polish Corps) lying on the bottom of a ravine at Piedimonte San Germano, 25 May 1944 Polish Army, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Polish Corps, II, Polish Armed Forces in the West, 2nd Corps, 2nd "Warsaw" Armoured Division, Polish Armed Forces in the West, 2nd Corps, 2nd 'Warsaw' Armoured Division, 6th 'Children of Lwów' Armoured Regiment, 8th Army