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Prior to the outbreak of the First World War the Austrian gendarmerie was a well-organised and efficient structure. The situation started to change in 1914 when numerous experienced gendarmes were sent to the front, and some perished in battle. Their place was often taken by inexperienced successors: in the case of Galicia, the newcomers were unfamiliar with the local conditions and the Polish language...
After the Soviet invasion of Poland Polish detachments retreated to the west, were forced to cross the frontier and found themselves in Lithuania and Latvia. After laying down their arms and registration, the Polish officers and soldiers were interned. In the wake of the Soviet invasion of Finland the Polish government-in-exile wished to assist the heroic nation. One of the proposed ideas envisaged...
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