TIMELINE
11.11.1941 – Polish Independence Day on the Irtysh River
The date of 11 November 1918, being the day on which Poland regained its independence, is a symbolic date. Exactly on that day, an armistice ending the First World War was concluded in a wagon in the forest of Compiègne.
12.08.1941 – The co-called amnesty
On August 12, 1941, the authorities of the Soviet Union gave "amnesty" to hundreds of thousands of Poles deported to Siberia.
13.04.1940 – On the morning of 13 April
On the morning of 13 April 1940, NKVD soldiers came banging against the doors of the homes of more than 60,000 residents of eastern Poland. They ordered them to pack quickly and loaded them into cattle wagons.
4.07.1943 – A plane crash in Gibraltar
On 4 July 1943, at 23:07, moments after take-off from Gibraltar Airport, Liberator II aircraft AL523 with General Władysław Sikorski on board, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea.
30.07.1941 – The Sikorski-Mayski Agreement – a document that gave freedom
The Sikorski-Mayski Agreement - Document that Gave Freedom
11.04.1943 – When the truth came out…
On April 11, 1943, the first news about the crime committed in the forest near Katyn was released to the world.
