On April 11, 1943, the first news about the crime committed in the forest near Katyn was released to the world.
Legendary opera singer died on July 25, 2020.
On May 12, 1970, General Władysław Anders, Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces in 1944-1945, died in exile in London.
On May 18, 1944, soldiers of the 2 Polish Corps hung the Polish flag on the ruins of the Monte Cassino monastery.
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.
On August 12, 1941, the authorities of the Soviet Union gave "amnesty" to hundreds of thousands of Poles deported to Siberia.