stepheng
6 May 2007
UK, Ireland / English people attitude towards Poles? [761]
A common enemy, in World War 2 free forces from occupied countries continued to fight with the British in the war.
There was a number of Polish pilots fought in the Battle of Britain and they were in general much more experienced than their British counterparts. Britain had a major shortage of pilots and sent our own men up there with inadequate training at the time only to possibly have them shot down.
Defending Britain or Poland?....Why would a Pole want to defend Britain?
A common enemy, in World War 2 free forces from occupied countries continued to fight with the British in the war.
There was a number of Polish pilots fought in the Battle of Britain and they were in general much more experienced than their British counterparts. Britain had a major shortage of pilots and sent our own men up there with inadequate training at the time only to possibly have them shot down.