UK, Ireland /
Britain... What the Poles did for us. [444]
Hey, how is your 1945 Parade invitation from Britain? It was, unfortunately, made, but to whom? Traitors? WWII instigators? Come on! And they are still not satisfied, "everyone betrayed us, we were sold..." Ha-ha-ha-ha.....;) Double-faced creatures.
Okay, let's put this one to rest. From "An Army In Exile" by General Anders (page299):
"On June 8, 1946, the Victory Parade was held in London. The Polish forces, who had been the first to fight the Germans, and who even in the worst days had never deserted their allies, were not invited to take part. That would not have been politically expedient. An invitation was, however extended to twenty-five airmen from amongst those Polish airmen who had had so big a share in the Battle of Britain. The airmen declined, for they did not wish to represent the Polish forces at a ceremony from which the navy and the army had been excluded."
"On June 5, Mr. Winston Churchill said in the House of Commons"
"The fate of Poland seems to be unending tragedy, and we, who went to war, all ill-prepared on her behalf, watch with sorrow the strange outcome of our endeavours. I deeply regret that none of the Polish troops, and I must say this, who fought with us on a score of battlefields, who poured out their blood in the common cause, are to be allowed to march in the Victory Parade."
There's more but objective readers should get the picture.