Military

WWII hero donates his old Leica camera used to capture war-torn capital to Uprising museum

As a soldier of the National Military Organisation and the Home Army, Ryszard Witkowski whose nom de guerre was Orliński, used the Leica camera to record the destruction of Warsaw. Katarzyna Stefanowska/MPW/Ryszard Witkowski

As a soldier of the National Military Organisation and the Home Army, Ryszard Witkowski whose nom de guerre was Orliński, used the Leica camera to record German railway transports, patriotic underground events, the activities of Home Army soldiers in Milanowek, the exodus of refugees from Warsaw and the destroyed city after the Uprising.

Poland's 2020 arms exports reach nearly EUR 400 million

In 2020, 35 percent of Poland's arms and military equipment exports went to the USA, the Polish foreign ministry said on Thursday in a report.

Polish General to head NATO’s International Military Staff

General Janusz Adamczak has been elected to be the next Director of the NATO International Military Staff (DGIMS), the Polish president announced on social media on Saturday.

The Great escape! Poland begins evacuation of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said: "We have evacuated Poles, people cooperating with us, from Kabul and Afghanistan to Uzbekistan.” He added: “A Dreamliner is flying from Poland to Afghanistan to transport the first 50 people to the country."

Polish military contingent set to start air policing mission in Iceland

Poland will send four fighter aircraft and 140 military personnel to Iceland on Wednesday, a military press official has said.

Multinational military exercise 'Three Swords 2021' in active phase

Three Swords 2021, a military exercise involving the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade, underway at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Yavoriv, Ukraine, near the Polish border, is in the active phase, reports the Ukrainian espreso.tv website.

Polish-Ukrainian-Lithuanian brigade starts drills

A Polish-Ukrainian-Lithuanian brigade, the LITPOLUKRBRIG, has started military exercises in Yavoriv near Lviv in Ukraine, the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform said on Monday, quoting the country's chief of staff.

Harrowing events of 1945 ‘Augustów Roundup’ to be told in powerful new film starring Hollywood stuntman Jacek Jagódka

Entitled simply ‘Augustów’, the English language production is the result of a collaboration between London-based historian Tomasz Muskus, who worked as a consultant on 303 Squadron and Cursed, and Hollywood stuntman Jacek Jagódka known for his work on Spectre and Game of Thrones, as well as being stunt double for Alexander Skarsgard in ‘Tarzan’.

‘Unique time capsule’ containing German officer’s full uniform found buried in milk churn to hide his past

The rare find in the village of Ratajki in northwest Poland included maps, documents and an Iron Cross belonging to the Wehrmacht lieutenant who had been fleeing from the Russians at the end of WWII.

Poland to acquire five US C-130H transport aircraft

Poland's minister of defence announced on Wednesday that Poland had signed a contract to purchase five C-130 Hercules multipurpose military transport aircraft from the US.

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