[sharkhawk]

Throughout it's history, Poland was often called to save Europe from the savage invaders, whether it was the Mongols/Tartars/Russians from the East, the Turks from the South, the Teutonic Knights or Nazis from the West, or the Swedes from the North, Poland was the backbone of the armies that allowed Europe to prosper. It is shameful that more people don't know the story of how Poland stopped the Russians in 1922 and 1923, keeping Communism from rolling over the European continent. For me the most shameful moment in United States history was the betrayal of Eastern Europe by Roosevelt at Yalta.

[matrix2225]

You are talking about Miracle by Warsaw. And believe it was. My grandfather served under General Pilsudzki, and he witness what happened there. The Europe was saved by Most Holy Virgin Mary. On the eve of 1920, bolszewiks were at gates of Warsaw. They were ready to storm, and suddenly, on a blue sky there was lightning. Figure of Virgin Mary formed above the city. As in Chestochowa, when Swedish army tried to charge that city, so it happened in Warsaw. General Pilsudzki gave orders to attack. Communist army was in such a retreat, that not only they lost most of their equipment, but they lost a war. Unfortunately, 19 years later Poland was betrayed, then 6 years later, given under influence of Communist Russia, with most countries in Easter Europe.