article by UKNIWM office volunteer Richard Graham
Naturally, most of the memorials we record are to UK citizens, though we do also have some to the enemy (see blog of 27 February 2008). There are also many to our allies, including a number to the Polish wartime leader General Wladyslaw Sikorski.
Mystery and conspiracy theories have long surrounded the circumstances of [...]
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Investigation Dismisses Murder Mystery?
Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, tagged Poland on 3 February, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Call for memorial to soldier bear
Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, Unusual memorials, tagged Animals, National Memorial Arboretum, Poland, Scotland, WW2 on 31 January, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are calls for a memorial to Voytek, an Iranian bear that fought for the Polish against the Germans and ended up in a Scottish zoo. Voytek was adopted by Polish forces after being discovered in Iran in 1943.
He was trained to carry heavy mortar rounds and saw action in Monte Cassino, Italy, before being stationed [...]
Polish Paths to Freedom: First to Fight
Posted in Events, Memorials from the archive, tagged Imperial War Museum, Poland, WW2 on 5 September, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Throughout September and early October Imperial War Museum, London will be showing a special programme of rarely seen Polish features and documentaries, together with a selection of material from the museum’s film archive. The programme looks at the story of Eastern Europe from the outbreak of the Second World War, through the Stalinist years to the fall of [...]
Refugee Week #3 – fighting back
Posted in In the news, Memorials from the archive, tagged Poland, Refugees, WW2 on 22 June, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
During the Second World War, many refugees from the Nazi regime played an active role fighting again Germany both in defence of their allies and to help liberate their homelands.
Once such memorial is this large, slate stone of remembrance erected in in Aberdyfi, Gwynedd in 1999, to commemorate 3 Troop 10 Commando. The inscription reads,
For the members of 3 Troop/ [...]
