Warsaw Newspaper - Gloss Armed Causes Time
Last Friday my partner and I watched the Polish Armed Forces Day parade in downtown Warsaw. It was a festive occasion with people lined three deep along both parties of Ujazdowskie Avenue; cheering loudly and waving small flags because the troops passed smartly in review. I take advantage of "Armed Forces Day" as a general term to place the event in the context of what we are accustomed to seeing in other countries. Ask any Pole about August 15 and they will tell you that it is a vacation commemorating the Battle of Warsaw, or because they call it, "The Miracle on the Vistula." The Battle of Warsaw took invest August 1920 when Bolshevik forces of the Red Army crossed the Vistula River, intent on overrunning Warsaw before continuing west to become listed on their allies in Germany. Whilst the battle began, the Bolsheviks anticipated an instant and decisive victory; one that will end in the total annihilation of Poland. Instead, statesman and national hero General Jo...