On the 76th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Monte Cassino, in which soldiers of the 2nd Polish Corps under the command of General Władysław Anders played a major role, ceremonies were held today at the Polish war cemetery on the hill. Mass was celebrated, wreaths were laid.more
There is a shortage of simulators, blank ammunition, instructors, programs are outdated, and education in military education centers is sometimes fiction - the Supreme Audit Office in Poland warns in today's Rzeczpospolita.more
The commander of British Royal Air Force air marshal Mike Wigston today, on the day of Constitution Day May 3, paid tribute to Polish pilots participating in the Battle of Great Britain.more
One of the last Polish pilots to see action during the Second World War, taking part in dozens of raids over Germany and Italy, has died aged 102 after catching coronavirus.more
Global military spending increased by 3.6 percent in 2019, reaching $ 1.917 billion, the Stockholm Institute for Peace Research (SIPRI) said in a report. This amount corresponds to 2.2%. the value of goods and services produced worldwide.more
Germany's army is donating 60 mobile ventilators to the UK following a call for help as the NHS races to get hold of enough life-saving equipment in the runup to the expected peak of the UK's Covid-19 pandemic in mid-April.
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Foreign Minister Dominic Raab and his colleagues from the government have the right in the absence of Prime Minister Boris Johnson to make a decision without his consent to use military force, including nuclear weapons, if necessary - confirmed a spokesman for the British Prime Minister.more
Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min secured an exemption from military service - along with his South Korea teammates - when they beat Japan to win gold in the Asian Games football tournament.more
Yesterday North Macedonia became NATO's newest member, upon depositing its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the US State Department in Washington DC. NATO Allies signed North Macedonia's Accession Protocol in February 2019, after which all 29 national parliaments voted to ratify the country's membership.more
The UK death toll from coronavirus has reached 422, a rise of 87 since yesterday. A British Army convoy pulled up outside St Thomas Hospital in London this morning after Boris Johnson announced an unprecedented set of measures to keep people indoors.more
The German military is making preparations to help with efforts to tackle the coronavirus crisis should other civil servant organisations become overwhelmed with the outbreak, Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said on Thursday.more
Little - apart from Poland - knowledge about the September 1939 campaign and some of the myths resulting from this ignorance have a direct impact on contemporary international relations. That is why it is so important to fight them - emphasizes British historian Roger Moorhouse.more
Polish veterans will take part in the victory parade, which will be organized on 8 May in London on the 75th anniversary of the end of the war - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reportsmore
Two books directly or indirectly related to the history of Poland - "First to Fight: The Polish War 1939" by Roger Moorhouse and "The Fortress: The Great Siege of Przemyśl" by Alexander Watson - were on the list of finalists in the competition for the British military book of the year.more
As part of efforts to entice females to serve, Canadian military officers are suggesting highlighting the social and entertaining aspects of life in the ranks as well as redesigning uniforms that women wear so skirts are shorter and slimmer.more
The US military on Monday disclosed a more than 50 per cent jump in cases of traumatic brain injury stemming from Iran's missile attack on a base in Iraq last month, with the number of service members diagnosed climbing to over 100.more
The Thai army announces new security procedures to prevent the replay of the massacre that took place Saturday and Sunday in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima in the northeast of the country.more
The role played by Luke Skywalker mocked the United States Space Forces logo, which resembles the graphics from Star Trek movies and the "Star Trek: Starfleet Command" computer game. Mark Hamill also stated on Twitter that he would not be considered when appointing members of this formation, because - as you know - he chose desertion and is hiding on a distant island.more
