Jenny Grant, Discover and Read the Best of Twitter Threads by @SilenceInPolish

Jenny Grant

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1/'It must be carried out with absolute calm so as not to spark resistance or panic among the local populace.'A short thread on the mass deportations of Poles to Siberia,

1/ #Maczek at his best, describing the Allied commanders pussyfooting around the question of whether the Poles would continue to fight against the Germans, given the betrayal of #Yalta..."To begin

1/#OTD 21st August '44Day 3 of the battle for Hill 262, #Maczuga."The scene was the grimmest we had ever encountered. The Poles had received no supplies for 3 days, they

#OTD 19th Aug '44Day 1 of the Battle for Hill 262: #Maczuga"There was confusion among the German columns; huge trucks filled with troops, guns drawn by six-horse teams, staff cars,

1/Why don't the Poles get on?" demanded Simonds over the radio on 8th Aug '44, the second day of #TOTALIZE. "Because what was asked of the Poles was bloody impossible"

"If it's going to be wasted or perhaps handed over to the Hun, we'd better take it ourselves..." In June 1940, as Pétain seeks an armistice with Hitler, a difficult

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