There he joined the Polish Army in the East, being formed under command of General Władysław Anders, just like hundreds of other Belarusians from Western Belarus (Kresy).
Continued friction with the Soviets over political issues as well as shortages of weapons, food and clothing, led to the eventual exodus of Anders' men – known as the Anders Army – together with a sizeable contingent of Polish civilians via the Persian Corridor into Iran, Iraq and Palestine.
It is named after Władysław Anders, a general of the Polish Army during World War II and later a member of the Polish government-in-exile.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen | Władysław Kozaczuk | Władysław Sikorski | Thomas Anders | Anders Jormin | Władysław I the Elbow-high | Władysław Gomułka | Władysław Tatarkiewicz | Günther Anders | Anders Fager | Anders Behring Breivik | Anders Aukland | Władysław Anders | Anders Celsius | Władysław Reymont | Władysław Pachulski | Anders Zorn | Anders Thomas Jensen | Anders Morgenthaler | Anders Björner | Anders Bagge | Władysław Pasikowski | Władysław Musiał | Władysław IV Vasa | Władysław III of Poland | Władysław Grabski | William Anders | Anders Sandberg | Anders Jahan Retzius | Anders Hansson |
However, after the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement of 1941 he was released and travelled to Buzuluk, where he joined up with the Polish Army formed there by general Władysław Anders.
It formed a Council of National Unity in July 1954, and set up a Council of Three to exercise the functions of head of state, comprising Tomasz Arciszewski, General Władysław Anders, and Edward Raczyński.
In the evening of September 22, cavalry of general Władysław Anders attacked, capturing Krasnystaw, and then reaching Sambor.