You dont even need to be around to kill. Whats more, you dont even have to be on the same continent. All you need is a joystick and an iron psyche to kill with a drone and to lead soldiers without being on the battlefield yourself. This is what modern warfare looks like. A drones career beyond b
Its time to end the unhealthy fascination with Her Majestys most famous agent and with the product of communist cinematography, Hans Kloss. Why deal with fictional characters, if Poland had a spy who not only acted with spectacular momentum, but also really existed? Jerzy Sosnowski was born into a
Long walks. Forcing uphill run, even after a hearty meal. Skydiving, proficient handling of various types of weapons, and even horse riding. Training American paratroopers made them the army elite ... if, of course, they survived. The enlistment for American parachute units was voluntary. As a r
In the third century BC, Rome, growing in strength, began a life and death struggle for supremacy in the Mediterranean. He was competing with a power that had been strengthening its influence there for centuries and was not going to give up easily. It was close, and the Romans would be brought to th
When they started, the Polish interview was somewhere at the bottom of the list and no one considered him. At the end of the 1970s, the civilian intelligence of the Peoples Republic of Poland grew into a real power, ranking just behind the services of the USA and the USSR. All thanks to a school of
The dedication of the Commonwealth of a large part of Wielkopolska was an exceptionally bitter pill for the Germans. They did not want to come to terms with the new shape of their eastern border for a long time. And it was close to sparking another partition of the Republic of Poland. It is ofte
This clash of ancient powers could have cost the lives of nearly 60,000 people. Two huge armies faced each other. Determination and strategy prevailed, so ingenious that even modern commanders are modeled on it. In the 3rd century BC, two dynamically developing centers competed for influence in th
We remember Auschwitz, Majdanek and Sobibór. But what about the hundreds of labor and death camps where the most horrible crimes were committed and which have completely disappeared from our consciousness? We remind you of four such places, located in the area of pre-war Poland. A labor camp a
November 1918, when Poland reappeared on the map of Europe, was only the beginning of a bloody and unequal fight for the future borders. How many Poles died then? How high was the price of independence? January 1919. Paris. The most important politicians and diplomats from all over the world cam
At first no one even believed this condition existed. Soldiers who complained about it were considered cowards and simulants. They could count on little better treatment than deserters. However, the number of patients grew rapidly and the facts could no longer be ignored. World War I was nothing
The outbreak of another conflict with the Eternal City turned the lives of the Carthaginians upside down. A daring campaign, led by a commander thirsting for revenge, threw the fate of the entire empire that had been built up with difficulty for centuries. And she forced many inhabitants of the Afri
Poland began its independent existence destroyed, impoverished, without established borders, without the army, but with the need to merge three different organisms. The integration process had to go smoothly, especially in the face of the reluctance of its neighbors and the ambiguous attitude of the
It was one of the bloodiest conflicts in history. Positional warfare, lethal modern technology and tactical experiments by desperate officers proved to be extremely costly. Diseases decimated the soldiers who stayed in the trench hell. How many World War I casualties were there? The researchers
Specialists breaking all procedures. Principals are blind to every warning signal. And hundreds of agents, underground activists and politicians arrested and then shot by the Germans. And all because of the British incompetence so extreme that it is hard to believe. Over the years, British intel
Which Home Army commander ran a hotel together with a Gestapo agent before the war? Which traitor in the ranks of the Home Army led a life like the TV series Tulip in his youth? You can learn this and much more in Wojciech Königsbergs book AK 75. Daring actions of the Home Army. The publication
An uninterrupted barrage of fire, masses of cavalry and crowded soldiers, marching under enemy volleys. Almost eighty thousand massacred soldiers. And a commander who ignores all appeals for help. In a word:a battle after which the history of wars was never the same again. “The Borodino Slaughte
People dying in terrible torments. Babies pierced alive and thrown into fire. Women who are defenseless and exposed to the lust of the soldiers. We present the most disgusting examples of Moscow brutality in the occupied country. The outbreak of the Kościuszko Uprising in 1794 was a surprise for
When the country is on the verge of collapse, it is necessary to act. There are intrigues between dramatic events. It is extremely difficult to make the right decision. This is the perfect time to bear witness to courage, friendship, bravery and love. The year 1794. The last months of the existe
The Luftwaffe was a terror among the Allied Air Force. The Home Army did not have any weapons that could compete with the German aviation. However, she managed it anyway. And thats perfect Home Army units, due to the lack of anti-aircraft weapons, did not pose a major threat to the Luftwaffe. Th
They were a terror among the Nazis. They administered justice for German crimes against the Polish nation. They fought, although the state ceased to exist. This is what the book AK 75. Daring actions of the Home Army, which is a prize in our competition, reminds of them. In todays competition, w
Arctic temperatures, gusty winds and waves reaching several meters. In addition, the constant danger lurking on the part of the Germans. All this made the service on ships sailing to Murmansk a real torment. Allied Arctic convoys to help the Soviet Union had two routes. The first, the summer one,
The signs were obvious to everyone, and the people turned out to be absolutely ruthless. But was every such woman really engaged in paid love? At the top of the new hierarchy that emerged in the besieged city, there were canteen workers and shopkeepers, i.e. people with constant access to food.
Gall Anonymous explained that the first Christian ruler of Poland was immersed in such errors of paganism that, according to the custom of his people, he took seven wives. The number of partners was probably sucked out of the finger by the chronicler. But what about the harem itself at the dawn of o
Their operations became legendary, and then became a source of inspiration and experience for troops around the world. Also Polish. Are the Israeli commandos the best in the world? In the summer of 1969, during the war of exhaustion between Israel and Egypt, Israeli troops were regularly harasse