Posted on Aug 3, 2017
Every August first, everyone in Warsaw stands still for a full minute to remember 200,000 dead
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Never forget, never forgive, never again.
Every August first, everyone in Warsaw stands still for a full minute to remember 200,000 dead
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we should do the same for 9/11, however memories are short...sad but true.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
the start of the Civil war would be just as appropriate, or the Pearl harbor, but only the Civil War matches the horror.
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The Communist Russians were smart they just waited out for the Germans to beat the Polish underground and then the Russian army came in. StoryBots polish bravery at this battle
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Westerplatte
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Westerplatte
Battle of Westerplatte - Wikipedia
The Battle of Westerplatte was the first battle in the Invasion of Poland and marked the start of the Second World War in Europe. Beginning on September 1, 1939, German naval forces and soldiers and Danzig police assaulted the Polish Military Transit Depot (Wojskowa Składnica Tranzytowa, or WST) on the peninsula of Westerplatte, in the harbour of the Free City of Danzig. The Poles held out for seven days in the face of a heavy attack that...
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
There are a lot of villains and a lot of heroes in this story
Some of the very young like the legendary "Gray Ranks"
http://sossi.org/local/warsaw.htm
Some of the very young like the legendary "Gray Ranks"
http://sossi.org/local/warsaw.htm
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