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Currently preparing new books on: Polish 2 Corps from 1939 through to the present day, the Battle of Lake Naroch 1916, and the Derbyshire High Peak Dambusters
Manchester, England
Joined February 2013
83 years ago today my dad was released from the unimaginable brutality of the Siberian Gulags of eastern Siberia. It would be several months before he was able to leave to find the Polish Army that was being forming in Russia. @PLinManchester @KresyFamily @KresySiberia
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Privileged to have been a guest speaker yesterday in Manchester to commemorate the 85th anniversary of the first wave of deportations of Polish families to Siberia of which my dad was one. @katycarrmusic @Roger_Moorhouse @BBCNWT @britishpoles
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I helped with a commemoration of 100yrs of the aircraft manufacturer Avro at Woodford it also celebrated all the aviation from around Manchester I was pleased to include a storyboard about Polish pilots that flew aircraft with a Manchester connection @PLinManchester @britishpoles
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Today is the 82nd anniversary of the fatal bombing of New Mills and Hayfield in Derbyshire after which the Ju88 bombers were shot down by the famous Battle of Britain 303 Polish Squadron. https://t.co/CfFND2oDCi
@PLinManchester @britishpoles @ipngovpl_eng @NWBylines
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Today as we commemorate the success at the final battle of Monte Cassino I’m proud to be the son of somebody from a poor Polish village that got one of these. @PLinManchester @Anna_M_Anders #WW2 @ArkadyRzegocki @ipngovpl_eng @KresySiberia @KresyFamily
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My dad was released from the Siberian Gulags of Kolyma 82yrs ago tomorrow but he still wasn’t free his document validity was extended to 1 Aug 1942 He was on a photo of a group of Poles probably in July. @PLinManchester @britishpoles @Anna_M_Anders @KresySiberia @KresyFamily
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Over the last few yrs I’ve given talks about the fate of Poles from eastern Poland & 303sqn ~50 times. I’ve got 2 before xmas & more booked next year. Audiences are amazed & shocked by this little-known area of history @PLinManchester @britishpoles @Anna_M_Anders @ArkadyRzegocki
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@Dannythefink @justinewillett Really enjoyable. Similar story to my dad’s though he was exiled from northeastern Poland to Kolyma I give talks on this subject & always amazed by how little known it is In pt1 you mention scam elections Here’s a handwritten account from my dad’s village
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An extract from my dad’s zeszyt ewidencyjny showing on 10Aug42 he’d passed a health check & 81yrs ago today was recruited into the 18 Rifle Brigade of 6 Infantry Division of the Polish Army in Russia (first name of Anders Army) – a step on his road to freedom @PLinManchester
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Received this fantastic an informative limited edition book of Polish Medals today. Copy 44 of 100. A picture of my dad’s medals alongside. @PLinManchester @britishpoles @ipngovpl_eng @KresySiberia
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Many thanks to @KresySiberia my most recent talk on my dad's journey from Poland through the Gulags of Siberia and WW2 to Manchester is now available. @PLinManchester @ArkadyRzegocki @Anna_M_Anders @ipngovpl_eng @britishpoles Two Years in a Gulag Part 1 https://t.co/C4btFZPShg
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@ArkadyRzegocki I had the pleasure of knowing another Strzelecki. He was Henryk Strzelecki MBE born in Toruń but lived in Manchester former Polish 2 Corps, sportswear & fashion designer better known by his brand name of Henri Lloyd. RIP @Anna_M_Anders @PLinManchester @ipngovpl_eng @britishpoles
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Thanks to The Windsor Castle I’m really pleased to continue to support @MeningitisNow such a worthwhile charity that means so much to me with a talk on the local history of Marple Bridge and Mellor. @RadioJoeM @AboutMcr @TheMancUK @themancunion
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My dad was in the 9th Supply Company of the 2nd Warsaw Armoured Brigade. His picture was taken in Macerata in Italy mine in Wigan. @Anna_M_Anders @ArkadyRzegocki @PLinManchester @britishpoles @ipngovpl_eng @KresySiberia @KresyFamily
Me and my dad almost 80 years apart. Thanks to Maj Alan Taberner of the Medical Living History Group. The converted ammo to medical box in the Willy’s Jeep is based on those used by the Polish 2nd Corps. @militaryhistori @WeHaveWaysPod
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Looking forward to giving my Dambuster talk at Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre 28 July. It’s a base with some Dambuster connections. @RafMetheringham @OC617Sqn
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@britishpoles @ipngovpl_eng @NawrockiKn @Roger_Moorhouse @d_foubert @Poland_History @polandww2 @arekmularczyk @KZiemiec @OzdobaJacek @NieZapomnijONas There's a great song by @katycarrmusic about this called Kazik and the Commanders car.
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The @AvroHeriMuseum Dambuster exhibition is on until 30 June it includes unique docs from family of FltEng Jack Marriott killed in Z-Zebra after attacking the Eder Dam & a fragment of Z-Zebra the only bit of a Dambuster Lanc to return to its place of birth https://t.co/SkG1FvM2gL
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About to give my Gulag talk at a community centre less than a mile from where I was born in Manchester for the legend that is @martynwalsh . What a privilege to be on stage with him. @LongfellaPoet @ArkadyRzegocki @PLinManchester @britishpoles @KresySiberia @Roger_Moorhouse
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For anybody near Manchester I’m giving my Gulag talk again in Haughton Green, Denton on Wednesday night as my previous talk had sold out. @PLinManchester @KresySiberia @KresyFamily @ArkadyRzegocki @ipngovpl_eng @britishpoles @PolishEmbassyUK
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The new dambuster film "Attack on Sorpe Dam" has historical connections with the North West and the Avro Heritage Museum is hosting the premiere. . By Frank Pleszak @frankpleszak
#worldwar2 #SorpeDam #AvroHeritageMuseum
https://t.co/QKJv4ohU7b
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The new Dambuster film ‘Attack on Sorpe Dam’ has historical connections with the North West and the Avro Heritage Museum is hosting the premiere
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