The Poles have a tradition of cavalry since the Middle Ages. In the Renaissance their Winged Hussars made history, crushing the Turks at the gates of Vienna. Cavalry was instrumental in Poland's victory over the Soviets in 1920-21. The Polish horsemen showed incredible heroism in 1939 fighting against their ancient, due to geography, rivals in the West and East.
One of the most famous cavalry regiments of the Polish army was the 14th Ulan (lancers). The regiment was founded in 1918 by Poles who had fought in the Tsarist Russian army. Initially there was only one ili who fought on the side of the Whites against the Bolsheviks. In August 1918 the unit came under Polish command and was organized into a full 4-mile regiment.
He acted together with Greek units in Ukraine and returned to Poland in the summer of 1919. He then fought against the Bolsheviks in Galicia during the Polish-USSR war. He acted heroically against Ukrainian Bolsheviks, saving the monastery of Panagia Yasloviec from destruction. Since then the regiment had the Virgin Mary as its patron and nuns made its flag.
In August 1919 the regiment was named the 14th Jasloviec Ulaan Regiment. He fought in Kyiv in 1920 and Komarov in the same year. His flag was awarded the Cross of Military Merit and the Medal of Military Merit. After the war that regiment was based in Lvov.
World War II
Polish cavalry regiments in 1939 each had a command and four mounted regiments, each with three ulamas. It also had a machine gun company – three ulamas each with four machine guns – an anti-tank ulama, a cyclist ulama, a relay ulama and a pioneer group. In 1939 the 14th joined the Podolia Cavalry Brigade. He enlisted on August 27, 1939 and fought brilliantly against the German invaders. He also took part in the famous Battle of the Bzura River, the only notable Polish counterattack. Retreating after this battle, the regiment fought heroically again on September 17 at Gorky. On the 19th the regiment managed to break the German blockade of Warsaw and enter the city reinforcing the garrison . He fought there until September 28.
However, not all soldiers of the regiment were captured. Those who escaped retreated to the southeast, fought the Soviets and some managed to cross into neutral countries and reach France. The regiment was reconstituted in France in April 1940 but had a headquarters strength. He fought as long as he could and the survivors fled to Britain and joined the 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade. Renamed 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment. Equipped with American M4 Sherman tanks took part in the final battles in Germany. The constitution was dissolved in 1947.
Other soldiers of the regiment who escaped German or Soviet captivity in 1939 joined the resistance, specifically the Home Army (AK). The 14th Regiment of the AK had 827 men and fought in the area of Lvov. He took part in the uprising against the Germans in this city on July 22-27, 1944, but then many of their men were arrested by the Soviet SS, NKVD. Those men who escaped continued to fight the Soviets, at least until June 1945.
