Polish Traces Around the World

History. Looking for Polish traces wherever I go.

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@KresySiberia Hmm, where to begin… maybe from Gripsholm castle, located in a small town called Mariefred, where Sigismund Vasa, king of Sweden and Poland was born? My wife comes from this sleepy town and there are a few Polish traces there. https://t.co/sgJDZ8uwUr

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A step backwards for Kazakhstan

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@sienkiewiczolog Sto lat! 🍻Ach, mieć znowu 33 lata 😉

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🫡Honouring General Sosabowski, founding father of Polish airborne forces🇵🇱🪂

Gen Sosabowski raised concerns about Op Market Garden and, despite the bravery of 1st (Polish) Independent Parachute Brigade, was unfairly blamed for the mission's failure by Field Marshal Montgomery.

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a fraction of what partisans in France or Yugoslavia received. Thanks to thousands of actions carried out by the Home Army and affiliated organizations, the Germans were forced to hold strong forces in occupied #Poland, which adversely affected their situation on the fronts. 4/4

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As you know, Poles have a long history of underground activities and resisting the occupiers. No wonder then that after the #Polish campaign, secret organizations began to be formed to fight the occupier. Some groups remained independent, some were absorbed by the #HomeArmy.
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And exactly 84 years ago, by order of the Commander-in-Chief, General Władysław Sikorski, the Home Army (Armia Krajowa) was formed, renamed from the Union of Armed Struggle (Związek Walki Zbrojnej). Home Army was, like every army, perfectly organized, with units responsible 2/

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for intelligence, training, propaganda, etc (Jan Karski was one of those who described the structure of the Secret State: https://t.co/b8oNhqmecd).
Although the Home Army was the largest resistance movement in Europe, allied weapons and supply drops for them were only 3/

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For many of us, today was just an ordinary day: work, school, family, etc. But for tens of thousands of Poles, 10th February 1940 was a beginning of hell - the first deportation began. I’ve described briefly all four deportations in my post from Tengeru: https://t.co/efhRTGOkSs

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very talented story teller - he even added facts to his own biography, claiming that he was a fighter pilot in the Battle of Great Britain 😉 The fact is, however, that together with Elżbieta Dzikowska they got many Poles, including me, hooked on travelling! 4/4

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#OTD in 1921 Tony Halik (or rather, Mieczysław Antoni Sędzimir Halik) was born in Toruń, a traveller, filmmaker and journalist. During the #SWW he was conscripted into Luftwaffe, from which he deserted in France and joined the resistance movement, and later he joined the 1/

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Fuego to Alaska.
In 1975 he returned to #Poland, from where he and Elżbieta Dzikowska travelled around the world, making programs for Polish Television. I grew up watching Pepper and Vanilla (Pieprz i Wanilia) and absorbing news about the world and peoples. Tony Halik was a 3/

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the rights of veterans of the Polish Army. I wrote about repressions after the Uprisings and deportations to Siberia in general, here: https://t.co/nAG25RV9Xz 5/5

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Exactly 163 years ago, on the night of January 22-23 1863 the January Uprising broke out, the largest #Polish uprising. Over 1200 battles and skirmishes took place during the Uprising, and around 200,000 soldiers passed through the ranks of the insurgent army. The fights were 1/

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switched to organic work - personal and economic development of people from every social layer of the Polish nation.
Veterans of the January Uprising enjoyed great respect in society, and on 21 January 1919 the Chief of State (Naczelnik Państwa), Józef Piłsudski, granted them 4/

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promoter of scouting, as well as the editor of the "Scout" magazine, in which he published his poem "Everything We Have" (Wszystko, co nasze). This text became the anthem of Polish harcerstwo and remains so to this day. 7/7

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On 15 January 1919, a ship was sunk by mine in the Strait of Messina, on board of that ship was Andrzej Małkowski, the founder of the #Polish Scouting. When translating the Baden-Powell’s scouting handbook into Polish, Małkowski became inspired by the scouting idea, seeing in 1/

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Poland.
See link below to read about other personalities awarded the Order of the White Eagle on 11 November 2018: https://t.co/X58CCN5xHV
Also on 15 January but in 1882, Ignacy Kozielewski was born in Starzenice, a co-founder of Polish scouting. He was an instructor and 6/