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19 Jan 2018 / #781
what about that part of the quote about other Polish soldiers and sailors
The parade was supposed to feature representatives from all Allied nations marching alongside their flags. Supposed to because the Soviets and Yugoslavs rejected their invitations while the Polish government accepted its, then failed to send any representatives and then appeared to rejected it after the event. Units from all Commonwealth nations were invited but not from non-Commonwealth nations: for example no units from the US army were invited. Representatives from all of the allied air forces which had had units based in Britain were also invited. In the case of Poland that invitation was sent to the western-command Poles; however, they rejected their invitation because they felt the Polish land and sea forces should also have been invited. Poles got special treatment but apparently not special enough for them.