Unlike many of the other European countries that suffered invasion during World War Two, Poland had the unenviable task of fighting foes on two fronts; the Germans from the west and the Russians from the east. As a direct result the Polish resistance fashioned itself into one of the most professional and successful underground forces in Europe. From S.O.E. trained 'Cichociemni' to the Jewish population in the Warsaw ghettos, the spirit of the Polish people proved indestructible beneath the Nazi jackboot.
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i salute and remember the thousands of polish army and resistance fighters who courageously fought the nazi onslaughts of ww2. they fought like hell with horses and wagons, more so during the occupation of warsaw running through the sewers of the city ambushing german tanks n soldiers. some of these polish fighters were only 14 years old. some of them hid jews and defended them thru the war. God save poland and He will
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