Historia

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Polish ambassador to Great Britain Arkady Rzegocki laid wreaths yesterday at the monument commemorating the pilots participating in the Battle of Great Britain, whose 80th anniversary is celebrated this year. more

Solidarity inspired Poles and Poland inspired the world. This movement represented the struggle of people for a better life after decades of communist dictatorship and Soviet domination, said NATO deputy head Mirce Geoan at the celebration of the 40th anniversary of Solidarity.more

The exhibition devoted to Polish airmen participating in the Battle of Great Britain, whose 80th anniversary is celebrated this year, was opened on Sunday at the Polish Social and Cultural Center (POSK) in London.more

Historian Roger Moorhouse has been awarded a Polish state decoration for his efforts to spread abroad knowledge about the history of Poland during the Second World War.more

The ancient stone structure was built so that the ears of those inside the circle could hear amplified sounds that could not be heard outside. Such a discovery was made by scientists from the University of Salford in a study, the results of which were published in the Journal of Archaeological Science.more

For the Germans, the war with Poland in September 1939 was a racial struggle, hence there were so many - disproportionately more than, for example, in France - crimes against civilians or prisoners of war, believes British historian Roger Moorhouse.more

The BBC has reversed its decision not to have Rule, Britannia! and Land of Hope and Glory sung at The Last Night of the Proms.more

Polish diplomats will not be able to lay flowers at the building of the former NKVD headquarters in Tver, where prisoners from the Ostashkov camp were murdered in the spring of 1940, said Jacek Śladewski, the charge d'affaires of the embassy in Moscow.more

A lesson from the Polish "Solidarity" movement gives hope that brutal systems will always collapse in the end - said the Northern Irish daily "The News Letter" in an editorial on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Polish trade union.more

The lingering belief that Poland was easily and quickly defeated by Germany in September 1939 is incorrect, but this does not mean that the clash could have ended with a result other than its defeat - assesses the British historian Roger Moorhouse today. He adds that the Germans were often impressed by the Polish defense.more

The 40th anniversary of Solidarity was celebrated yesterday evening with occasional illuminations on the most important buildings of the capital of Ireland, Dublin and Northern Ireland, Belfast.more

The most famous monument in Belgium - Manneken Pis - is today dressed in the outfit of a shipyard worker and a sash with the inscription "Solidarity". This is how the local authorities celebrated the 40th anniversary of signing the August Agreements.more

The Princess Diana Memorial, commissioned by her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, will stand in front of Kensington Palace in London next year on the day she would celebrate her 60th birthday, it said.more

The British daily "The Guardian" published on Friday on its website in the series "From the Guardian's Archive" its own text of August 28, 1980 about the strike at the Gdańsk Shipyard, organized at that time, organized by Solidarity. more

German tire and auto parts maker Continental today released a report revealing its collaboration with the Nazi regime. The head of the company admitted that the company played an important role in Hitler's machine and contributed to the death of many people.more

98-year-old veteran of the Battle of Great Britain Jan Stangreciuk (Jan Black) today in London was promoted to the first officer rank of second lieutenant. Promotion was granted by the Polish president - Andrzej Duda.more

The 125-year-old concerts "The Proms", one of the main events of the summer in Great Britain, became the subject of an ideological dispute after the BBC, which organized them, agreed to limit the patriotic repertoire.more

British historian Roger Moorhouse recalled on Twitter yesterday's 81st anniversary of the signing of the alliance treaty by Great Britain and Poland, which provided for "all support and assistance" if either side was attacked.more

It is one of the most important sites in the history of computing and of Britain's victory against Nazism. But now, for the second time in little more than a decade, the future of Bletchley Park hangs in the balance. Over the weekend, it emerged that the museum at the wartime code-breaking centre was facing a financial crisis because of the coronavirus.more

The surprise victory by a ragtag army in August 1920, remembered by Poles as “the Miracle of the Vistula”, spared millions from the horrors of Marxism-Leninism - columnist Daniel Hannan writes in "The Sunday Telegraph".more

A pair of spectacles belonging to Mahatma Gandhi sold for £260,000 at auction yesterday - twenty six times the guide price. The gold-coloured glasses were expected to fetch £10,000 - but were sold to a collector in America.more

Facebook’s algorithm “actively promotes” Holocaust denial content according to an analysis that will increase pressure on the social media giant to remove antisemitic content relating to the Nazi genocide.more

The exhibition "Art and propaganda in the war between Poles and Bolsheviks" was opened yesterday, on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw, at the Polish Social and Cultural Center (POSK) in London.more

The Royal Family is leading the UK's commemorations on the 75th anniversary of VJ Day - the day World War Two ended with Japan's surrender. The Prince of Wales led a two-minute silence at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, as part of a service of remembrance.more

The text of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki about the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw on Saturday was published on Friday in foreign media - incl. in the French daily "L'Opinion", the Austrian "Die Presse" or the Turkish Anatolia agency - as part of the action "We tell Poland to the world".more