Aquila Polonica - Poland WW2

Aquila Polonica - Poland WW2 Aquila Polonica Publishing specializes in publishing the Polish experience of World War II in English All of its books to date have won awards.

Aquila Polonica is an award-winning independent publisher based in Los Angeles, specializing in publishing, in English, the World War II experience of Poland—the first of the Allies to fight Hi**er. It is a member of the Association of American Publishers and the Independent Book Publishers Association. Its titles are distributed by National Book Network, www.nbnbooks.com. They’ve garnered rave re

views in major media such as the New York Times, New Republic and Atlantic; most have been Selections of the History Book Club, Military Book Club and/or Book-of-the-Month Club. They’ve been translated to foreign languages and licensed as audiobooks. See more at: www.AquilaPolonica.com. For review copies, email [email protected]

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"Eighty-one years ago today, Poland’s underground Home Army surrendered, bringing an end to the Warsaw Uprising, a doome...
10/03/2025

"Eighty-one years ago today, Poland’s underground Home Army surrendered, bringing an end to the Warsaw Uprising, a doomed insurgency that would ultimately lead to the capital’s wholesale destruction—yet amid the devastation, surviving landmarks still offer a powerful and tangible link to the past."

A great look at TVP World about the remaining landmarks associated with the 1944 Rising:

Exploring the final days of the Warsaw Uprising via the landmarks that sprinkle the city.

October 2, 1914: Jan Nowak-Jezioranski, known as the “Courier from Warsaw,” is born. Nowak wanted to pursue a career in ...
10/02/2025

October 2, 1914: Jan Nowak-Jezioranski, known as the “Courier from Warsaw,” is born.

Nowak wanted to pursue a career in economics, but was mobilized as a non-commissioned officer during the invasion of Poland. He was captured by the Germans, but escaped and joined the Polish Underground.

His primary duty with the Underground was delivering messages between the Polish government-in-exile and the Polish Underground. His frequent trips between Poland and Allied territories (first France, and later Great Britain) earned him the nickname “Courier from Warsaw.” He fought during the Warsaw Rising, but was ordered by General Bor-Komorowski to escape the city before the Polish surrender. He escaped the battlefield and eventually reached London with many precious documents from the Polish Underground.

After the war, Nowak became a frequent personality on Radio Free Europe until 1976. He headed the Polish American Congress, and was also a national security advisor to both Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. He also wrote many books, including an account of his wartime experiences titled “Courier from Warsaw.”

He lived to see his homeland free of communist rule, and passed away in 2005, in Warsaw.

"ROCKFORD — For more than eight decades, evidence of the work created by a group of Polish-Jewish artists in a ghetto un...
10/01/2025

"ROCKFORD — For more than eight decades, evidence of the work created by a group of Polish-Jewish artists in a ghetto under N**i control has been thought to be erased from history.

"'The fundamental question of this story is: What happened to these works? Where are they now?' Joanna Tomalska-Więcek, an art historian and independent researcher, says in the 2020 Polish documentary 'Kopiści.' 'There must be some traces, somewhere.'

"One of those traces has surfaced in Rockford."

An amazing discovery, and a great credit to the owners for immediately deciding to return the art after realizing its origins. Full story at the Rock River Current:

By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — For more than eight decades, evidence of the

September 30, 1939: Wladyslaw Sikorski is appointed as first prime minister of the Polish-government-in-exile.The Siege ...
09/30/2025

September 30, 1939: Wladyslaw Sikorski is appointed as first prime minister of the Polish-government-in-exile.

The Siege of Warsaw has just ended after 4 weeks of bitter combat between Polish defenders and the German army. Though the city could have held out longer, the Russian invasion and civilian suffering within the city convinced the Poles to lay down their arms.

On the Hel peninsula, Polish troops continued fighting. The 3,000-strong garrison of the Hel Peninsula had been besieged by German forces on September 9, and were still resisting by the end of September.

The Independent Operational Group Polesie under General Franciszek Kleeberg also refused to surrender, breaking through Soviet positions near the town of Milanow. They are eventually the last Polish army unit to surrender in Poland, after the Battle of K**k.

"Four historic works of art, lost during World War II, have been formally returned to museums and libraries in Poznań, a...
09/29/2025

"Four historic works of art, lost during World War II, have been formally returned to museums and libraries in Poznań, a city in western Poland.

"The National Museum in Poznań received two paintings by Polish artist Michał Gorstkin Wywiórski: Early Spring and Self-portrait in the open air.

"A Flemish tapestry from the late 17th century, Garden Scene, was returned to Gołuchów Castle, while an 18th-century rare book by Johann Albrecht Gesner went back to the University Library in Poznań."

Every recovery is another victory for history, full story at Polskie Radio:

Four historic works of art, lost during World War II, have been formally returned to museums and libraries in Poznań, a city in western Poland.

Thursday September 28, 1944, entry of Polish resistance fighter Julian Kulski's wartime diary. A firsthand account of pr...
09/28/2025

Thursday September 28, 1944, entry of Polish resistance fighter Julian Kulski's wartime diary. A firsthand account of primitive unmanned combat drones in the Warsaw Uprising during World War II:

"Early this morning, the Germans launched a strong attack from the direction of the Warsaw–Gdańsk Station. At nine o’clock they seized Prince Poniatowski School with the help of small robot tanks filled with explosives and steered by remote control by cables or radio. These are called 'Goliats.' Our house is separated from the school only by the width of Polish Army Avenue and two other houses, so I could see parts of the crumbling building from my bedroom window."

We continue to publish Julian Kulski's wartime diary as our book "The Color of Courage: A Boy at War," available here:
https://www.amazon.com/Color-Courage-World-Julian-Kulski/dp/1607720167/

"An angler made an extraordinary discovery when he reeled in not a fish, but a 17th-century rapier sword from the Vistul...
09/26/2025

"An angler made an extraordinary discovery when he reeled in not a fish, but a 17th-century rapier sword from the Vistula River.

"The weapon was found by Artur Stefaniak, who quickly alerted members of SHB Triglav, an amateur archaeology group. A preliminary examination by one of their team suggests the rapier may date back to the period of the Swedish Deluge (1655–1660), when Sweden invaded and partially occupied the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth."

Incredible Find! Full story at TVP World:

The rapier may date from the Swedish Deluge campaigns almost 400 years ago.

"‘A Dream of Poland: 100 Masterpieces from the National Museum in Warsaw’ at the Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne"‘La ...
09/25/2025

"‘A Dream of Poland: 100 Masterpieces from the National Museum in Warsaw’ at the Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne

"‘La Pologne rêvée’ at the Fondation de l’Hermitage introduces Swiss audiences to Polish art of the late 19th and early 20th century, but it can also surprise Polish visitors, offering a perspective that gently shifts away from textbook narratives."

A great look at some of the art that can be seen in Poland at Culture.pl:
https://culture.pl/en/article/a-dream-of-poland-100-masterpieces-from-the-national-museum-in-warsaw-at-the-fondation-de-lhermitage-lausanne

‘La Pologne rêvée’ at the Fondation de l’Hermitage introduces Swiss audiences to Polish art of the late 19th and early 20th century, but it can also surprise Polish visitors, offering a perspective that gently shifts away from textbook narratives.

"Once heralded as the golden child of Poland’s automotive industry, the iconic Polski Fiat 126p marked the end of an era...
09/24/2025

"Once heralded as the golden child of Poland’s automotive industry, the iconic Polski Fiat 126p marked the end of an era exactly 25 years ago when the final unit rolled off the assembly line.

"The historical significance of this car, credited with 'motorizing the nation', endures to this day."

An iconic little car, learn its history at TVP World:

The car is credited with motorizing Poland during the 1970s.

"The discovery of a 10th-century cemetery containing around 20 skeletons has raised speculation that those there buried ...
09/23/2025

"The discovery of a 10th-century cemetery containing around 20 skeletons has raised speculation that those there buried were warriors who served the country’s first ruler, Mieszko I.

"The burial site was found earlier this year in the village of Borkowo, near the town of Inowrocław in central Poland, during work to build a gas pipeline by energy firm Polska Spółka Gazownictwa. The find was reported to the provincial office for the protection of monuments, which dispatched a team of archaeologists to investigate."

A very interesting find with some compelling details! Full story at Notes From Poland:

Newly discovered 10th-century skeletons may belong to warriors who served Poland’s first ruler Sep 22, 2025 | History Keep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work! Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit...

September 22, 1940 – Captain Witold Pilecki’s voluntary mission to infiltrate the German concentration camp at Auschwitz...
09/22/2025

September 22, 1940 – Captain Witold Pilecki’s voluntary mission to infiltrate the German concentration camp at Auschwitz truly begins as his prisoner train arrives at the complex:

“I consider this the place in my story to be the moment when I bade farewell to everything I had hitherto known on this earth and entered something seemingly no longer of it…

“We were struck over the head not only by SS rifle butts, but also by something far greater.

“Our concepts of law and order and of what was normal, all those ideas to which we had become accustomed on this earth, were given a brutal kicking.

“Everything came to an end…

“From that moment on we were just numbers…My number was 4859. The two thirteens (composed by the inner and outer digits) convinced my comrades that I would die; the numbers cheered me up.”

An excerpt from Captain Pilecki's full report on his undercover mission, currently published in English as our book “The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery”, available here:
https://www.amazon.com/Auschwitz-Volunteer-Beyond-Bravery/dp/1607720094

"Russia has falsely claimed that it did not invade Poland in 1939, issuing the denial on the 86th anniversary of the Sov...
09/19/2025

"Russia has falsely claimed that it did not invade Poland in 1939, issuing the denial on the 86th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s invasion of Poland.

"In reality, on September 17, 1939, approximately half a million Soviet troops poured over the border into Poland, backed up by almost 5,000 armored vehicles and 2,000 aircraft, leaving Poland fighting a war on two fronts against insurmountable odds."

It is important to battle these lies, read at TVP World:

Russia used similar language to justify its war in Ukraine.

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