The Polish experience in World War II.
On May 6, 1945, General Stanisław Maczek’s 1st Armored Division accepted the surrender of the main German naval base at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Captured were 32,000…
On May 3, 1791, Poland adopted the first democratic written constitution in Europe, following the lead of the Americans who had adopted their Constitution in…
Continuing his description of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, on Monday, April 26, 1943, Julian Kulski wrote in his diary: “General Stroop has reported that more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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 24 is the National Day of Remembrance of Poles Who Saved Jews Under German Occupation. Today we honor the many thousands of Poles who…
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…
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