The eastern border proposed in 1920 deprived Poland of a large part of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. However, it was not Lord George Curzon, from whom it was named, who determined its course. Behind the concept of limiting the territory of the new state was ... a Polish emigrant. Lu
He is a crystal hero in the pages of the Sienkiewicz trilogy. But according to Lviv residents, hammer to the Cossacks was also a coward and a crook. He even robbed ... the Carmelite sisters! The thing happened shortly after the Battle of Piławce (1648), in which the Polish army suffered a severe
The Germans were not the only anti-Semites in pre-war Europe. Politicians from other countries also devised radical, inhuman and often simply absurd solutions to the Jewish question. Romania, the Soviet Union and also - Poland. In 1939, nearly 10 million Jews lived in Europe, but their number d
The adage says that in love and in war all tricks are allowed. But what if there is no place for love during the war? Or at least one that is beyond the minds of military and civilian morals? Even before the war, the provisions regulating conscription to the US Army contained a mention of the in