| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | |
| Posted by: | Steve Taylor | |
| Date/Time: | 28/07/10 23:40:00 |
| From Wikipedia (but there is lots more) "After Poland had been overrun, a government-in-exile, an armed forces, and an intelligence service were established outside of Poland. These organisations contributed to the Allied effort throughout the war. Polish Army was recreated in the West, as well as in the East (after German invasion of the Soviet Union). Poles provided some important help to the Allies throughout the war. Polish soldiers fought on land, on the seas and in the air. Notable was the service of the Polish Air Force, not only in the Allied victory in the Battle of Britain but also the subsequent war in the air; the defense of Tobruk; the capture of the German-held monastery hill of Monte Cassino; a role in the battle of the Falaise pocket; and an airborne brigade parachute drop during Operation Market Garden. Some Polish contributions were less visible, and most notably included the prewar and wartime decyphering of German Enigma machine codes by cryptologists Marian Rejewski and his colleagues. The Polish intelligence network also proved to be of much value to the Allied intelligence. As Poland never made a general surrender or produced a collaborative puppet government unlike France: it was directly governed by a purely German administration known as the Generalgouvernement. This administration was in turn opposed by the Polish Underground State, which not only fielded one of the largest partisan forces in existence, but was a unique underground government, a phenomenon not witnessed in other occupied countries." |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Proud to be British | 27/07/10 22:28:00 | Bruce Pittendreigh |
| Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 07:37:00 | Thomas Barry |
| Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 09:25:00 | Chris March |
| Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 09:32:00 | Richard Greenhough |
| Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 09:34:00 | Chris March |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 10:58:00 | Richard Greenhough |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 11:03:00 | Philip Cole |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 11:06:00 | Richard Greenhough |
| Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 11:08:00 | Thomas Barry |
| Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 14:25:00 | Chris March |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 17:31:00 | Thomas Barry |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 20:23:00 | Chris March |
| Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 12:11:00 | Vanessa Smith |
| Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 14:57:00 | Philip Cole |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 17:31:00 | Vanessa Smith |
| Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 12:31:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 12:38:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 12:46:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 13:07:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Proud to be British | 28/07/10 13:19:00 | Kevin Regan |
| Re:Proud to be British | 29/07/10 19:57:00 | Bruce Pittendreigh |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 13:35:00 | Richard Greenhough |
| Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 13:12:00 | Todd Richard Feely |
| Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 14:17:00 | Ceref Devin |
| Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 14:20:00 | Todd Richard Feely |
| Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 17:24:00 | Vanessa Smith |
| In reply to Vanessa Spart | 28/07/10 20:32:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:In reply to Vanessa Spart | 28/07/10 22:34:00 | Vanessa Smith |
| Re:Re:In reply to Vanessa Spart | 28/07/10 23:11:00 | Todd Richard Feely |
| Re:Re:In reply to Vanessa Spart | 28/07/10 23:30:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:In reply to Vanessa Spart | 30/07/10 08:31:00 | Bernadette Paul |
| Re:In reply to Vanessa Spart | 30/07/10 10:02:00 | Andrew Flinn |
| Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 14:53:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 15:15:00 | Micki Hawkes |
| Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 18:47:00 | Rachael Spencer |
| Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 20:23:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 20:38:00 | Rachael Spencer |
| Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 20:25:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 20:34:00 | Birna Helgadottir |
| Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 20:37:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 28/07/10 23:40:00 | Steve Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 30/07/10 00:41:00 | bobby osborne |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 30/07/10 00:46:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 30/07/10 09:11:00 | bobby osborne |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Proud to be British | 30/07/10 10:14:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:British Border Issues.. | 30/07/10 10:21:00 | Stuart Kerr |
| Re:Re:British Border Issues.. | 30/07/10 10:48:00 | bobby osborne |
| Re:Re:British Border Issues.. | 30/07/10 11:12:00 | Keith Iddon |