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Monte Cassino veteran and friend of Wojtek the bear dies aged 95

Ludwik Jaszczur, who was originally from the village of Blizne in Podkarpacie, died on Monday at his home in Edinburgh, Scotland. PolskaSzkolaSPK/Twitter

Ludwik Jaszczur, who was originally from the village of Blizne in Podkarpacie, died on Monday at his home in Edinburgh, Scotland.

US Navy veteran arrives in Poland after months in Russian detention

A US Navy veteran has arrived in Poland after spending months in captivity in Russia, the CNN broadcaster has reported.

WWII hero robbed of savings and medals receives over £20,000 from kind-hearted fundraisers

Following wide-spread media coverage in both Poland and the UK, communities from both countries came together to raise a whopping £22,460.

Heartless thieves rob 100-year-old war hero of medals and cash

Three men posing as water inspectors blagged their way into the home of former RAF tail gunner Jan Stangryciuk and his wife Jadwiga before making off with his medals, highly sentimental jewellery and thousands of pounds of cash.

WWII hero’s ‘final wish’ honoured with giant mural in his name

Occupying 210 square metres and the entire wall of a building in Warsaw’s Ochota district, the design by historical mural painter Rafał Roskowiński is based on two archival photographs of celebrated Warsaw Uprising veteran Professor Witold Kieżun.

Fundraising campaign underway to help 93-year-old ex-fireman and WWII veteran restore his beloved old fire engine

Józef Miehle from the town of Maków Podhalański used his 1942 Dodge during WWII and for decades after. Now the 93-year-old says to restore it would be a dream come true. “I would like her to take me on my last journey on earth,” he said. “That would be something.”

Ex-soldier who went on the run with his pet PUMA hands himself (and the big cat) in

Anti-terror cops launched a man hunt for Afghan war veteran Kamil S. after he fled into forests with his pet puma Nubia when zoo officials tried taking the animal away from him.

Poland’s most outstanding WWII flying ace sentenced to death by Stalinist kangaroo court 70 years ago today

Dubbed ‘Flying Death’ by the Germans, Stanisław Skalski saw action in Poland following the outbreak of war, later becoming the first Pole to command an RAF squadron. Miraculously avoiding death twice, after the war it seemed his luck had run out when he was arrested by the secret police on trumped up charges of espionage, tortured for over a year and then sentenced to be executed. But again, he survived.

Ukrainian war veteran released after border detention

Ukrainian Donbas war veteran Ihor Mazur, detained by Polish Border Guard at a Polish-Ukrainian border crossing was released on Sunday but will remain in Lublin, south-east Poland, until the conclusion of an extradition procedure.

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How Warsaw was rebuilt using mountains of post-war rubble illustrated in fascinating new exhibition

The story, which is being told in the 70th year since rebuilding was officially completed, is an important one as perhaps no other city in history has had to handle, process and use as much rubble as Warsaw did in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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