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‘It’s a beautiful feeling’ says General Maczek’s granddaughter as she donates the war hero’s uniform to Polish History Museum

Together with the uniform – which the General is known to have worn when his unit was based in Scotland – his granddaughter also donated a beret that he would have largely worn in the field. Public domain/Paweł Supernak/PAP

Speaking at the temporary seat of the museum, Karolina Maczek-Skillen said: “It is a beautiful feeling to hand over his uniform to the Polish History Museum. My grandfather could not return to Poland. The uniform came back alone, without the hero who wore it.”

‘Never-before-seen’ photos of WWII leader General Władysław Sikorski found in Scottish attic by local pub singer

Rock-and-roller Tad Kucharski had been sorting through some belongings of his late father when he came across the old negatives hidden inside a rusty container in his attic.

Polish general to join US Army’s V Corps

Poland on Thursday held the departure ceremony of Major General Adam Joks, who has been appointed deputy commander of US Army V Corps at Fort Knox, which oversees forces operating along NATO’s eastern flank.

President Duda hands general-rank nominations to 13 officers

Polish President Andrzej Duda handed general-rank nominations to 13 officers during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace on the eve of Polish Army Day and the centenary of the 1920 Battle of Warsaw, in which Polish forces halted a Europe-advancing Red Army.

Astonishing story of unsung WWII hero premieres in captivating new documentary

With his unconventional, intelligent command and axiom "A Polish soldier fights for the freedom of all nations, but dies only for Poland" General Stanisław Maczek’s soldiers spearheaded the Allied drive through Western Europe, playing a key role in the  liberation of France, Belgium and Holland. Using dramatized scenes, the new documentary follows his path through Ukraine, Poland, France, the Netherlands and finally Scotland, where after the war he ended up working as a hotel barman.

Polish general joins SHAPE supreme command in Mons

Polish Major-General Piotr Blazeusz has taken over as Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning in the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers in Europe (SHAPE) in Mons, Belgium, NATO announced.

Was revolutionary war hero General Kazimierz Pułaski really a woman?

Historians claim that DNA testing shows that the Polish nobleman who rose to fame during the American Revolution was intersex as his remains have genetic and biological female characteristics. 

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