On this day in 1944, Polish resistance sank the German ship Tannenberg, which was transporting troops on the Vistula River.

Earlier that day, those German soldiers had burned down the village of Zastów Polanowski and massacred the residents.

North African WW2? Well, no, it's the Błędowska Desert in Poland and the famous reconstruction of the battles for Tobruk in 2023. Interestingly, during #WW2 , the Germans tested their tanks and vehicles here before sending them to Africa to DAK #Tanks #History

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Poles rescuing Jews: a story of five Polish families

One day, 6 December 1942, the Germans killed the families of Kowalski, Obuchiewicz, Kosior and Skoczylas from Ciepielów Stary and Rekówka south of Radom. They died for aiding Jews. What were the

Tadeusz Hollender, Polish poet and satirist of exceptional integrity, in 1930s scoffed at bigotry and prejudice, in 1939 refused to sign a praise of Soviet annexation of Lvov, and in 1942 made fools of the Germans in a Home Army PSYOP.

The Gestapo killed him 31 May 1943.

As part of the celebration of this year's 35th anniversary of the partially free elections of June 1989, the Institute of National Remembrance is organizing an international scientific conference titled 'Time of Breakthrough: U.S. Policy Towards Transformation in Poland.' The

The world revered Frédéric Chopin but the Germans pulled down his monument in occupied Warsaw because he was a Pole and symbol of Polish culture.

31 May 1940, the bronze statue was blown up on Hans Frank orders.

The same would happen to many other statues in occupied Poland.

In 1942 in Zgierz, Polish town annexed by the German Reich, Józef Mierzyński killed two Gestapo officers to escape.

The Germans retaliated with executing 100 prisoners (including Józef’s wife) in front of 6,000 local people. Józef was eventually caught and murdered #OTD in 1942.

Visiting the Foreign Ministry building in Berlin recently, Professor Sławomir Cenckiewicz saw a board on a wall inside the security checkpoint, illustrating 150 years of German history. Told from a diplomatic perspective, it listed milestone treaties, agreements, summits and

We are waiting for submissions for the October 2024 Need to Know XIII and the 2024 IIHA annual academic conference, devoted to the role of Intelligence in Central and Eastern Europe (Intermarium) and the Soviet (Russian) Factor.

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Mieczysław Fogg, born #OTD in 1901, served in the Polish-Bolshevik War and then became a tremendously popular singer in independent Poland.

In WW2, he joined the resistance, sheltered Jewish artists from German-perpetrated Holocaust, and performed for the Warsaw insurgents.

The Association of Polish Legionnaires was established #OTD in 1918. It is a veteran organization, commemorating the fight of the Józef Piłsudski’s Legions for free and independent Poland.

Its first chairman was Gen. Edward Rydz-Śmigły.

Maria Mirecka-Loryś, member of the Polish WW2 resistance, was briefly imprisoned by the communists after the war and then emigrated to become a key figure of the Polish diaspora in the U.S.

Having returned to Poland after the collapse of communism, she died #OTD two years ago.

Karol Wojtyła was made cardinal #OTD in 1967. A few months later, he received his red biretta at the Sistine Chapel.

In 1978, Cardinal Wojtyła was elected the 264th Pope, choosing John Paul II as his name.

Wacław Felczak, born #OTD in 1916, was a historian specializing in Polish-Hungarian relations.

During WW2, he coordinated the communication between the Polish government in exile and the underground in the country.

After the war, he was imprisoned by the communists for 8 years.

The Ghetto Sentenced to Death: the Stroop Report – Memory of the World

In April 1943, German troops commanded by SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop went about emptying the Warsaw Ghetto. The Jews fought back, and Stroop needed four weeks to crush their resistance, all the while

#OTD in 1944. With compliments from Polish 300 Squadron. A giant mine being loaded into a Wellington bomber. #WW2 #HISTORY