ukpolska 19 Oct 2008 / #2General Emil Fieldorf a fav of mine who led the Polish underground home army against the German occupiers and refused to collaborate with the communist regime which followed.Sporting: in recent years I cannot see anyone better than Adam Małysz
Ozi Dan 26 | 569 19 Oct 2008 / #4General Emil FieldorfGreat selection. Little known, but what a hero he was. There were so many during that era you'd need a whole book to list them.There was a good thread on Nile a few months ago. His prosecutor was being extradited back to Poland.Konstanty Rokossowski.You're kidding right?
Polonius3 994 | 12,367 19 Oct 2008 / #6Nobody has mentioned Lech Wałęsa who has only just been admitted to the 12-member Group of Wisemen (over President Kaczyński's objections) which are to ponder and help map out the road the EU is to follow in the years ahead.
Wroclaw 44 | 5,379 19 Oct 2008 / #7(over President Kaczyński's objections)Ah! So the President and I agree on something at last.
sledz 23 | 2,250 19 Oct 2008 / #8America`s favorite Polish hero would be Casimer Pulaski, we have yearly paradesand streets named after him.I think he`s on a bottle of Warka Strong also?
Switezianka - | 463 21 Oct 2008 / #11FOR THE 20TH CENTURYI think that little coup d'état in 1926 spoilt his reputation a bit...
McCoy 27 | 1,269 23 Oct 2008 / #13this young man was a true hero:Władysław Raginis (June 27, 1908 - September 10, 1939) was a Polish military commander during the Polish Defensive War of 1939. He commanded the defence of Polish fortified positions in the Battle of Wizna.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Władysław_Raginisen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wizna
joepilsudski 26 | 1,389 23 Oct 2008 / #14I think that little coup d'état in 1926 spoilt his reputation a bit...Ah, but isn't everyone's a bit spoiled?ANOTHER SUGGESTION
Lightbulb 1 | 39 29 Oct 2008 / #17America`s favorite Polish hero would be Casimer Pulaski, we have yearly paradesand streets named after him.That's true, in Illinois and Michigan. Nationwide, I think Gen. Kościuszko is more famous, but that's just based on what I've learned.
