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The Monument in Memory of the Polish Aviators Fallen between 1939 and 1945 (Polish: Pomnik ku czci Lotników Polskich Poległych w latach 1939–1945) in Warsaw commemorates Polish airmen who died in World War II.
English: The Nazi-soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939 Death and destruction by the roadside at Kock, where the last battle of the Polish campaign between Polish Independent Operational Group 'Polesie' commanded by General Franciszek Kleeberg and German XIV Motorised Corps led by General Gustav von Wietersheim, took place.
The Invasion of Poland, [e] also known as the September Campaign, [f] Polish Campaign, [g] and Polish Defensive War of 1939 [h] [13] (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II. [14]
English: The Nazi-soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939 German battleship SMS "Schleswig-Holstein" firing at the Polish Military Transit Depot during the siege of Westerplatte. Čeština: Loď SMS Schleswig-Holstein ostřeluje Westerplatte.
Associated people and organisations Polish Air Force, Red Army; Associated places Rivne, Ukraine; Associated events German-Russian Invasion of Poland 1939, Second World War
The Polish Forces War Memorial statue is set within an imposing 18-metre diameter architectural feature and has a series of plaques inset into the monument surround describing the Polish contribution in the Second World War so therefore the monument acts as a tribute to the fallen and to enable visitors to learn an overview of the history of ...
The siege of Warsaw in 1939 was fought between the Polish Warsaw Army (Polish: Armia Warszawska, Armia Warszawa) garrisoned and entrenched in Warsaw and the invading German Army. [1]: 70–78 It began with huge aerial bombardments initiated by the Luftwaffe starting on September 1, 1939 following the German invasion of Poland.
Around six million Polish citizens – nearly 21.4% of the pre-war population of the Second Polish Republic — died between 1939 and 1945. [172] Over 90% of the death toll involved non-military losses, as most civilians were targets of various deliberate actions by the Germans and Soviets.