- Lieutenant-Colonel
Vladimir "Popski"
Peniakoff DSO MC FRGS (Russian: Владимир Дмитриевич Пеняков
Vladimir Dmitriyevich Penyakov, 30
March 1897 – 15 May...
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British Special Forces set up in
Cairo in
October 1942 by
Major Vladimir Peniakoff. Popski's
Private Army was one of
several raiding units formed in the...
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commemorated at the C****ino Memorial.
Describing him,
Vladimir "Popski"
Peniakoff said, "He was one of the few
officers who had
developed the technique...
- times, to:
Juliana Stevens Cuyler,
Martha Gellhorn, and
Pamela Firth Peniakoff. He
married Gellhorn in 1954 and
lived with her in London; they divorced...
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Special Forces unit "Popski's
Private Army".
Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Peniakoff, DSO MC, a
Belgian of
White Russian descent, was
called "Popski" by Bill...
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would gain
independence in
return for
support during the war.
Vladimir Peniakoff was
commissioned as a
second lieutenant served in the
Libyan Arab Force...
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Edward Elliott,
First World War
Australian general "Popski" –
Vladimir Peniakoff, Belgian-born
commando in
British service in the
Second World War "Prince...
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nicknamed "Popski's
Private Army" and
commanded by
Major Vladimir 'Popski'
Peniakoff, was
briefly attached to the LRDG
beginning in
December 1942. The vehicles...
- 1533X2
trucks and five jeeps. They were
accompanied by
Major Vladimir Peniakoff and his "spies", two
Senussi tribesmen who
belonged to the
Libyan Arab...
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businessman Vladimir Raitz,
founder of the
Horizon Holiday Group Vladimir Peniakoff, Lieutenant-Colonel of the
British Army,
Distinguished Service Order,...
