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15/02/1941
On this day in 1941 during the “Adolphus” operation for the first time to the occupied Poland the Special Operations Paratroops “Cichociemni” (the “Silent Unseen”) were dispatched. With them in this drop was the courier of the Delegatury Rządu na … Continue reading
16.10.1978 – Election to the papacy – Karol Wojtyła becomes Ioannes Paulus PP. II
16.10.1978 Pope_John_Paul_II – Election_to_the_papacy
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19.09.1940 – Witold Pilecki’s deliberately went out during a Warsaw street roundup (łapanka) and was caught by the Germans…
19.09.1940 …to bring the truth to the World about KL Auschwitz German death camp. On 19 September 1940 – the second street round-up in Warsaw. Several people are still alive, who saw me walk alone at 6:00 a.m. and stand … Continue reading
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17.09.1939 – Soviet Union (Russia) invades Poland
17.09.1939 Russia invades already besieged Poland, this cowardly move is a result of fulfilling the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact. WIKI – Soviet Union Invades Poland
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12.09.1683 – Battle of Vienna – victory in this battle of Christian Europe over the Muslim forces of the Ottoman Empire
12.09.1683 Battle of Vienna After the battle, the Viennese discovered many bags of coffee in the abandoned Ottoman encampment. Using this captured stock, Franciszek Jerzy Kulczycki opened the third coffeehouse in Europe and the first in Vienna, where, according to … Continue reading
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