TIMELINE
18.05.1944 – The Polish flag and St. Mary’s Trumpet Call on the Monte Cassino hill
On May 18, 1944, soldiers of the 2 Polish Corps hung the Polish flag on the ruins of the Monte Cassino monastery.
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.
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.
