August 21-22, 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising, Part 5
Continuing our series of blog posts about the Warsaw Uprising, drawing from our award-winning book The Color of Courage, by Julian Kulski: CHAPTER 6 AGE…
August 21, 2024
History
Blog posts related to Polish history from all eras.
Mascot of the Month: Stylish Dog – 316 Squadron Mascot
Taking a break from our series of Warsaw Uprising blog posts — it’s time for our Mascot of the Month! The name of this stylish…
August 15, 2024
August 12, 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising, Part 4
Continuing our series of blog posts about the Warsaw Uprising, drawing from our award-winning book The Color of Courage, by Julian Kulski: CHAPTER 6 AGE…
August 12, 2024
August 8, 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising, Part 3
Continuing our blog series on the Warsaw Uprising, drawing from our award-winning book The Color of Courage, by Julian Kulski: CHAPTER 6 AGE 15: 1944…
August 8, 2024
August 5, 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising, Part 2
Continuing with our series of blog posts about the Warsaw Uprising, we will draw from our award-winning book The Color of Courage—A Boy at War:…
August 5, 2024
August 1, 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising Begins, Part 1
80 years ago today, on August 1, 1944, the Warsaw Uprising began. “At exactly five o’clock, as planned, a wave of explosions and bursts of…
August 1, 2024
V-2 Rocket Smuggled Out of Occupied Poland
Today is the 80th anniversary of a coup by Polish Underground Intelligence and British Special Operations Executive (SOE). On July 25, 1944, a Dakota transport…
July 25, 2024
Poland at the 2024 Olympics
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Poland’s participation in the Summer Olympics! Polish athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympics since 1924, except for…
July 19, 2024
Chopin’s Music – A Universal Language
American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once wrote: “Music is the universal language of mankind” — music has the ability to transcend different cultures and times,…
July 17, 2024
Mascot of the Month: Monkey – 315 Squadron
While dogs were the most common mascots, they were only one of many furry or feathered companions adopted by fighting units during the war. These…
July 15, 2024
POSK Leaders Awarded Medals
On July 9, 2024, leaders of POSK (Polski Ośrodek Społeczno-Kulturalny, or Polish Social and Cultural Association) in London were awarded the Reipublicae Memoriae Meritum medal…
July 12, 2024
Polish Fighter Pilot Zdzisław Krasnodębski
Today we honor the birthday of Zdzisław Krasnodębski, the first Polish commander of the legendary 303 Squadron, who was born 120 years ago on July…
July 10, 2024
