New 303 Squadron Book Trailer
We’re super excited about the new video trailer for our award-winning book 303 Squadron! Today is the anniversary of 303 Squadron’s first victory on August…
August 30, 2024
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June 6, 1944 – D-Day
Today is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history (code-named Operation Overlord). It was the beginning of the end of World…
June 6, 2024
Mascot of the Month: Wojtek the Soldier Bear
As this week marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Monte Cassino, it’s the perfect time to honor one of its most legendary participants…
May 15, 2024
Storks Return to Poland 2024
Check out the live stork cams at the end of this post! In Poland, the sight of a stork circling overhead or tending to its…
April 29, 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
Śmigus-Dyngus Day
We’re wrapping up our look at Polish Easter traditions with Śmigus-Dyngus Day. Celebrated on Easter Monday, the day after Easter, it’s also known as lany…
April 1, 2024
Blessing of the Easter Basket
Continuing our look at Polish Easter traditions, today we explore the blessing of the Easter basket, or Święconka (Święcenie pokarmow wiełkanocnych). After the strictures of…
March 28, 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
Poland in NATO – 25th Anniversary
“Today, a new chapter opens in the history of the Atlantic Alliance and Europe.” With these words, Poland joined NATO on 12 March 1999. NATO…
March 12, 2024
Polish Fighter Pilots – How They Fought
One of our bestselling books is the award-winning 303 Squadron: The Legendary Battle of Britain Fighter Squadron, by Arkady Fiedler, in an all-new English translation…
March 8, 2024
302 Squadron – Rare Film Footage
Thanks to R.G. Poulussen (@rgpoulussen) for posting this rare film footage from February 1944 of a Spitfire Mark IXC from Polish 302 Squadron in flight:…
February 23, 2024
Kutschera Execution
On February 1, 1944, the AK (Armia Krajowa, or Home Army), which was the military arm of the Polish Underground, mounted a successful operation to…
February 1, 2024
