song: Within Temptation - Angels
In lovely memory of these who have fought for your freedom and ours.
"Poles are born to be heroes." - Unknown
When Germans have heard for first time Polish conve...
song: Within Temptation - Angels
In lovely memory of these who have fought for your freedom and ours.
"Poles are born to be heroes." - Unknown
When Germans have heard for first time Polish conversation in air they have taken it for a very funny English joke.
Polish pilots have destroyed 12% Luftwaffe planes. On every one shot down Polish plane, Poles shot down six German planes (6:1), for example British pilots had (3:1).
15th September 1940 - Witold Urbanowicz (303 Squadron) and 4 planes under his command have crashed formation of 60 heavy covered German bombers.
Fighter ( Polish ) Squadrons 302 and 303
Polish pilots fought in the Battle of Britain, where the Polish 303 Fighter Squadron achieved the highest number of kills of any Allied squadron. From the very beginning of the war, the Royal Air Force (RAF) had welcomed foreign pilots to supplement the dwindling pool of British pilots. On 11 June 1940, the Polish Government in Exile signed an agreement with the British Government to form a Polish Army and Polish Air Force in the United Kingdom. The first two (of an eventual ten) Polish fighter squadrons went into action in August 1940. Four Polish squadrons eventually took part in the Battle of Britain (300 and 301 Bomber Squadrons; 302 and 303 Fighter Squadrons), with 89 Polish pilots. Together with more than 50 Poles fighting in British squadrons, a total of 145 Polish pilots defended British skies. Polish pilots were among the most experienced in the battle, most of them having already fought in the 1939 September Campaign in Poland and the 1940 Battle of France. Additionally, prewar Poland had set a very high standard of pilot training. The 303 Squadron, named after the Polish-American hero, General Tadeusz Kościuszko, achieved the highest number of kills (126) of all fighter squadrons engaged in the Battle of Britain, even though it only joined the combat on August 30, 1940: these 5% of pilots were responsible for a phenomenal 12% of total victories in the Battle.
The Polish Air Force also fought in 1943 in Tunisia (Polish Fighting Team, so called "Skalski's Circus") and in raids on Germany (1940-45). In the second half of 1941 and early 1942, Polish bomber squadrons were the sixth part of forces available to RAF Bomber Command (later they suffered heavy losses, with little replenishment possibilities). Polish aircrew losses serving with Bomber Command 1940-45 were 929 killed. Ultimately 8 Polish fighter squadrons were formed within the RAF and had claimed 629 Axis aircraft destroyed by May 1945. By war's end, there were 14,000 Polish airmen in 15 RAF squadrons and in the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).
No. 300 "Masovia" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) No. 301 "Pomerania" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Pomorskiej) No. 302 "City of Poznań" Polish Fighter Squadron (Poznański) No. 303 "Kościuszko" Polish Fighter Squadron (Warszawski imienia Tadeusza Kościuszki) No. 304 "Silesia" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Śląskiej imienia Ksiecia Józefa Poniatowskiego) No. 305 "Greater Poland" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej imienia Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego) No. 306 "City of Toruń" Polish Fighter Squadron (Toruński) No. 307 "City of Lwów" Polish Fighter Squadron (Lwowskich Puchaczy) No. 308 "City of Kraków" Polish Fighter Squadron (Krakowski) No. 309 "Czerwień" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (Ziemi Czerwieńskiej) No. 315 "City of Dęblin" Polish Fighter Squadron (Dębliński) No. 316 "City of Warsaw" Polish Fighter Squadron (Warszawski) No. 317 "City of Wilno" Polish Fighter Squadron (Wileński) No. 318 "City of Gdańsk" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (Gdański) No. 663 Polish Artillery Observation Squadron Polish Fighting Team (Skalski's Circus)
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Bloody patronizing Brits - yes we are not Israelis we do not have or want sympathy we want respect and recognition for the fight no victims... but to understand it is beyond people who run concentration camps in Africa
Patronising? No. We were so desperate and so grateful for the help the Poles (and Czechs and many others). Churchill wanted so very much to help the Poles in the Warsaw uprising and wanted to send RAF lancasters to drop food and weapons but the distance was too far without refueling and Stalin cynically would not agree to refule them at soviet airbases. But we remember.
@nigelhardiman listen try to imagine Just Ur country vs 3 reich :) its sillly wake up....without us and partizntz like poles and other ,uk would be down by little hitler :) watch out france ;39 and 40 greate escape LOL
This video is outstanding when watched with original soundtrack. Youtube is worthless piece of shit. Kolego zamieść to wideo gdzieś, gdzie będzie można je zobaczyć z oryginalnym podkładem :-)
They should erect a monument to the golden calf in Williamsburg N.Y. like jews did it before on the desert when they run away from Egypt. After all at least half of N.Y. inhabitants is jewish.
Roosevelt had no compunction about selling out the Poles and others to Stalin. He knew he was dieing and wanted to be know as the president who won the war. He at least in Europe. Trueman was less accepting of the Soviets but ignorant of much of Roosevelt's decisions and processes. It is not just the Poles who were sacrificed in the name of "Peace". General Patton was censored perhaps assassinated because he publicly stated that he thought we should kick the Soviets ass.
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Nie jestem zdesperowany XD
Bloody patronizing Brits - yes we are not Israelis we do not have or want sympathy we want respect and recognition for the fight no victims... but to understand it is beyond people who run concentration camps in Africa
Sympathy and Respect go hand in hand. How can one have respect with demonstrating an understanding of the true events.
But whatever you believe. You by the way, do NOT have my respect. And before you say it " i know you dont want it anyway... k... " lol
Very true... the original soundtrack was Within Temptation "Angels" if i`m not worng.
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