Polish Navy - Polish Navy Order of Battle in 1939, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy (Paperback)

Chapters: Polish Navy Order of Battle in 1939, Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth Navy, Order of Battle of the Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy, 3rd Ship Flotilla, 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla, Vessels of Polish Riverine Flotilla, 28th Naval Aviation Squadron, B?otniak. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 48. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Polish Navy - The Polish Navy is organized into 2 separate flotillas, and a Naval Air Arm. In addition to this the Polish Navy supplies nearly 40 ships as part of the NATO Rapid Reaction Force, designed to be a force projection and conflict response force around the world. The main mission of the Polish Navy is the defense of Polish territorial waters, the Polish coastline, and Polish interests abroad. Secondary roles include the support of NATO allied operations, such as in the Middle East, and search and rescue operations throughout the Baltic Sea. ORP Genera Tadeusz Kociuszko a guided-missile frigate ORP Genera Kazimierz Puaski underway in the Baltic. ORP Pozna during Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2004 ORP Bielik a Kobben class submarine Polish naval honor guard Polish Navy Kaman Seasprite landing on ORP Genera Tadeusz Kociuszko. Victory at the Battle of Oliwa in 1627.The Polish Navy has its roots in naval vessels that were largely used on Poland's main rivers in defense of trade and commerce. During the Thirteen Years' War (14541466), this small force of inland ships for the first time saw real open sea combat. At the battle of the Vistula Lagoon, a Polish privateer fleet defeated the Teutonic Knights Navy and secured permanent access to the Baltic Sea. The Second Peace of Thorn (1466) acquired for Poland the strategic naval city of Danzig (Gdask), and with it the means of maintaining a large fleet on the Baltic. In 1561, following a victory ov...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=402615