Some Polish History for Anthony "The Unbeliever" Bonk
Since Anthony (no doubt educated at one of our fine government schools) seems to think that the Poles were totally defeated during World War II and could not or would not defend themselves, I offer the following link for starters and wish to note in particular:
Poland never surrendered
The Polish Resistance (the Home Army, Armia Krajowa) was arguably the largest and most effective in all Nazi occupied countries, with over 200,000 armed insurgents and many thousands of supporters.
Poland never collaborated with Nazis (sure some individuals did but the AK eventually took care of them :)
Polish 303 Squadron had highest number of kills during Battle of Britain
Polish mathematicians and cryptologists solved German Enigma encryption before the start of WWII.
Perhaps some of the reason US citizens are not taught much about Poland in government schools is because of the betrayal of Poland by the US government in WWII, most notably during the Warsaw Uprising.
Poland never surrendered
The Polish Resistance (the Home Army, Armia Krajowa) was arguably the largest and most effective in all Nazi occupied countries, with over 200,000 armed insurgents and many thousands of supporters.
Poland never collaborated with Nazis (sure some individuals did but the AK eventually took care of them :)
Polish 303 Squadron had highest number of kills during Battle of Britain
Polish mathematicians and cryptologists solved German Enigma encryption before the start of WWII.
Perhaps some of the reason US citizens are not taught much about Poland in government schools is because of the betrayal of Poland by the US government in WWII, most notably during the Warsaw Uprising.
posted by Klaus at 11:12 AM
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Wild claims are de rigueur when applied to the Poles!
There are many great stories about the Warsaw Uprising...I'll dig them up but I think first we need to hear about General Sosabowski soon...
You see, according to Cocteau's plan I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think; I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech and freedom of choice. I'm the kind of guy likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder - "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecued ribs with the side order of gravy fries?" I WANT high cholesterol. I wanna eat bacon and butter and BUCKETS of cheese, okay? I want to smoke Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section. I want to run through the streets naked with green jello all over my body reading playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly might feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiener".
When are you going to update your damn blog?!
Post something, ANYTHING?
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Since you told me you'd post something I've looked many times each day, only to be disappointed. :)
Thanks for the kruggerrand!
Looking forward to a party at Lee's place with plenty of booze, pills, hookers and coke!
Try to delete that Lee! Haha :)
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Wicked awesome stuff man. I'm half polish. Keep it up. =)
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