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
World War II, 1939-1945
The Polish experience in World War II.
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
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
German-Polish House – Memorial in Berlin to Polish Victims of WWII Germany
The German government has approved the establishment in Berlin of an institution that will commemorate Polish victims of Nazi Germany. It says that the enormous…
July 8, 2024
July 4, 1943 – Sikorski Dies in Plane Crash
July 4, 1943: Polish Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief General Władysław Sikorski dies when his plane crashes off Gibraltar. The B-24 crashed into the sea just…
July 4, 2024
June 30, 1943 – General Grot-Rowecki Arrested by Gestapo
On June 30, 1943, General Stefan ‘Grot’ Rowecki, head of the Polish Underground Army (Armia Krajowa, AK or Home Army) was arrested by the Gestapo…
June 30, 2024
V-1 Rocket Found in Polish Desert
The remains of a World War II German V-1 rocket were found in the Błędow Desert in Poland by members of the Pasjonaci Historii Polonia…
June 28, 2024
June 22, 1941 – Germany Invades the Soviet Union
Code name Operation Barbarossa: on June 22, 1941, millions of German soldiers invade the Soviet Union, as Hitler turns on his erstwhile ally Stalin. The…
June 22, 2024
June 20, 1942 – Daring Escape from Auschwitz
On June 20, 1942, four Polish prisoners mounted a daring escape out of Auschwitz. Kazimierz Piechowski, Stanisław Jaster, Józef Lempart and Eugeniusz Bender sneaked into…
June 20, 2024
