Battle of Arnhem: Allied Airborne Units stats

The Polish brigade was withdrawn to Nijmegen and helped defend the airborne corridor before returning to England in early October.[197] Shortly afterward, the British began making Sosabowski and the Polish Brigade a scapegoat for the failure at Arnhem, perhaps to cover their own failings.[198][199] On 17 October, Montgomery informed Alan Brooke—Chief of the Imperial General Staff—that he felt the Polish forces had "fought very badly" at Arnhem and that he did not want them under his command.[194][200] Author David Bennett observes that Montgomery had almost certainly been fed gross misinformation that supported his own prejudices.[200] A month later, Browning wrote a long and highly critical letter of Sosabowski to Brooke's deputy.[194][201] In it, he accused Sosabowski of being difficult, unadaptable, argumentative and "loth to play his full part in the operation unless everything was done for him and his brigade".[198][201] It is possible that Browning himself wanted to make Sosabowski a scapegoat, although it may equally have been the work of officers of the 43rd Division.[202] Browning recommended that Sosabowski be replaced - suggesting Lieutenant Colonel Jachnik or Major Tonn - and in December the Polish government in exile duly dismissed him in a move almost certainly made under British pressure.[199][203] Although it may be fair to say that Sosabowski was difficult to work with,[199][204] his scapegoating is judged as disgraceful by many historical commentators.[198][203][205] Brian Urquhart—who had done so much to warn his superiors about the dangers of Arnhem —described the criticism of Sosabowski and the brigade as "grotesque" and that his dismissal was a "shameful act".[206]

Reference 1: 1st Airborne, Glider Pilot Regiment, Polish Brigade and Total.

Reference 2: Killed in action or died of wounds, Captured or missing, Safely withdrawn and Total.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arnhem