[dfwgator]

Poland was attacked from both sides massively superior forces and didn't surrender until their whole country was overrun.

Poland NEVER Surrendered! They fought the Nazis the rest of the war. The 303rd Kosciuszko Squadron had the highest kill rate of any RAF Squadron. There is a huge Polish cemetery at Monte Cassino.

[tophat9000]

The 303rd Kosciuszko Squadron

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and I believe that Squadron started as an American volunteer group in Poland during the 1920s fight against the Soviets kind of a Polish version of the Lafayette Escadrille

[ExSES]

The 303rd Kosciuszko Squadron had the highest kill rate of any RAF Squadron.

My Brother's Father-in-Law flew in that squadron. After several kills he himself was shot down and lost a leg in the process. He completed the war with a wooden leg but was confined to Ground Ops (interestingly, a number of British pilots returned to flight duty with artificial legs!). He was a highly skilled machinist and immigrated to Canada soon after the war and then to Detroit later on, working for GM...