April 23, 1943 – Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Part 2
Continuing his description of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, on Friday, April 23, 1943, Julian Kulski wrote in his diary: “Warsaw has been greatly moved by…
April 23, 2024
History
Blog posts related to Polish history from all eras.
Polish Bomber Squadrons Centre – RAF Ingham
A fabulous new exhibition about the Polish Bomber Squadrons in the U.K. has just opened at the RAF Ingham Heritage Centre — a globally unique…
April 22, 2024
April 19, 1943 – Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Part 1
In May 1940, the Germans ordered the building of a wall around a portion of Warsaw. In October 1940, after the wall was completed, the…
April 19, 2024
Mascot of the Month: Ciapek – 305 Squadron Mascot
Ciapek was adopted by Polish 305 Squadron as their official pet mascot during World War II. As former RAF officer C. H. Ward-Jackson wrote in…
April 15, 2024
April 12, 1940 – The Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade Is Formed
Between late September 1939 and May 1940, more than 8,500 Polish airmen escaped to the West, together with some 30,000 or so Polish soldiers. Of…
April 12, 2024
April 9, 1940 – The “Phony War” Ends & the Battle of Norway Begins
The “Phony War” ended on April 9, 1940, when the Germans invaded Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrendered immediately. For the next two months Norway fought,…
April 9, 2024
Witold Urbanowicz: 303 Squadron Fighter Ace & Commanding Officer
Born March 30, 1908, at Olszanka near Augustów, Poland, Witold Urbanowicz was trained at the Polish Air Force Academy at Dęblin, initially as a navigator.…
March 30, 2024
Poles Who Saved Jews – National Day of Remembrance
March 24 is the National Day of Remembrance of Poles Who Saved Jews Under German Occupation. Today we honor the many thousands of Poles who…
March 24, 2024
“Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away” – Exhibition Opens in Boston
The “Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away” exhibition, which opened in Boston last week, serves as a poignant reminder of one of the darkest…
March 20, 2024
Operation Market Garden Allied Parachutists – Rare Film Footage
We’d like to share this mesmerizing film footage of parachutists of the First Allied Airborne Army jumping into the Netherlands in Operation Market Garden, September…
March 18, 2024
Zofia Pilecka – Interview
Zofia Pilecki Optułowicz, the daughter of Polish World War II hero Witold Pilecki, author of our book The Auschwitz Volunteer, turned 91 on March 14,…
March 15, 2024
Kazimierz Prószyński – Inventor
Polish inventor Kazimierz Prószyński invented the Pleograph motion picture camera in 1894 (its name derived from the phonograph), which was both a camera and a…
March 13, 2024
