The Battle of Wizna by Edward Reid
Many Western newspapers often ridicule the Poles for how ineptly they defended their country during the German invasion of Poland in September of 1939. They write about Poles on horseback attacking German tanks using ancient sabres and bottles with gasoline. These condescending tales are just a continuation of German propaganda aiming to humiliate the Poles. […]
Official Proclamation of King Charles III – VIDEO
His Majesty The King proclaimed at the Accession Council at 10.00am today morning 10th September in the State Apartments of St James’s Palace, London. The Accession Council, attended by Privy Councillors, was divided into two parts. In Part I, the Privy Council, without The King present, proclaimed the Sovereign, and formally approved various consequential Orders, including […]
Żwirko i Wigura – tragiczna historia najsłynniejszych polskich lotników
W okolicach Cierlicka na Zaolziu, 11 września 1932 r., zginęli por. Franciszek Żwirko i inż. Stanisław Wigura. Samolot RWD-6 o numerze rejestracyjnym SP-AHN, którym lecieli do Pragi na święto lotnicze, rozpadł się w powietrzu podczas burzy. W pogrzebie na warszawskich Powązkach, z udziałem prezydenta Ignacego Mościckiego i marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego, wzięło udział 300 tys. osób. […]
„The Women Written Out of the Middle Ages” – Jadwiga of Poland at Chelsea History Festival
This year’s Chelsea History Festival will bring the past to life through a series of talks, tours and events. The immersive programme will reveal history in all its variety and demonstrate its ongoing resonance and relevance today. Janina Ramirez restores the medieval women struck from the historical record to their rightful positions as the power-players who shaped […]
„The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville” by C. Mulley – Chelsea History Festival
This year’s Chelsea History Festival will bring the past to life through a series of talks, tours and events. The immersive programme will reveal history in all its variety and demonstrate its ongoing resonance and relevance today. Join Clare Mulley as she recounts the remarkable tale of Britain’s first female special agent of the Second World War. […]
„Resistance: The Underground War in Europe, 1939-45” by H. Kochanski – Chelsea History Festival
This year’s Chelsea History Festival will bring the past to life through a series of talks, tours and events. The immersive programme will reveal history in all its variety and demonstrate its ongoing resonance and relevance today. Halik Kochanski gives a powerful and haunting account of those who were prepared to resist the Third Reich across German-occupied […]
Iga Świątek is in the final of the US Open!
What a night that was for Polish tennis fans! After over two hours of a fierce fight against the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Świątek got her ticket for the US Open final. Sabalenka played her best tennis in the first set, regularly moving forward to the net. She managed to break the Pole and seal […]
Wielka Brytania ma nowego króla – Karola III
Wielka Brytania pogrążyła się w żałobie po śmierci Jej Wysokości Królowej, która zmarła w swoim domu w Balmoral w wieku 96 lat w czwartek 8 września. Korona została automatycznie przekazana jej synowi, 73-letniemu królowi Karolowi III, dotychczasowemu księciu Walii, Król Karol wydał oświadczenie oddające hołd swojej matce, w którym czytamy: „Śmierć mojej ukochanej Matki, Jej […]
Queen Elizabeth II and Poland: a story of mutual respect
Queen Elizabeth II always admired Poland and its people. Her positive feelings towards our nation date back to WWII. In 1939-1945, Princess Elizabeth witnessed the outstanding courage of Polish forces and their fierce determination to defeat the Germans. She herself got actively involved in the war effort and admired, among others, the efficiency of Polish […]
Great Britain has a new King – Charles III
The United Kingdom mourned the death of Her Majesty the Queen, who died at her home in Balmoral at the age of 96 on Thursday, 8 September. The crown was automatically handed over to her son, 73-year-old King Charles III, then-Prince of Wales. King Charles issued a declaration in tribute to his mother, in which […]
