Carpathian Half-Brigade of National Defence
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Carpathian Half-Brigade of National Defence was a unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period that took part in the Polish September Campaign. It was formed in July of 1937 in Stanisławów
. Originally, it consisted of two battalions, but in May of 1939 it was expanded to four battalions. In the summer of 1939 it became part of the Karpaty Army
. Its battalions were:
Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in the western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, municipality....
. Originally, it consisted of two battalions, but in May of 1939 it was expanded to four battalions. In the summer of 1939 it became part of the Karpaty Army
Karpaty Army
Karpaty Army , formed on 11 July 1939 under Major General Kazimierz Fabrycy, was created after Germany annexed Czechoslovakia and created a puppet state of Slovakia.-Tasks:...
. Its battalions were:
- Battalion Stryj,
- Battalion Stanislawow,
- Battalion Huculski I,
- Battalion Huculski II.