Post by gigi on Aug 14, 2008 23:07:49 GMT 1
August 15 is Poland’s Armed Forces Day (Dzień Wojska Polskiego), commemorating the battle of Warsaw in 1920 in which Polish forces commanded by Marshall Jozef Pilsudski defeated the Bolshevik Red Army on the outskirts of Warsaw. The Battle of Warsaw, often referred to as the Miracle on the Vistula, was the decisive battle of the Polish-Soviet War, which began soon after the end of World War I in 1918 and lasted until the Treaty of Riga (1921). Before the Polish victory at the Vistula, both the Bolsheviks and the majority of foreign experts considered Poland to be on the verge of defeat. The stunning, unexpected Polish victory crippled the Bolshevik forces and preserved Poland’s newly regained independence after World War I.
In Warsaw Armed Forces Day will be observed with a military parade of 1,200 troops starting at 2 p.m. on Friday from the Plac Pilsudskiego near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The parade will continue on the main boulevards of Aleje Ujazdowskie and Belwederska. Military equipment on display in the parade will include 24 tanks and other armored vehicles, as well as a fly-by of F-16s, MiG29s and transport aircraft. President Kaczynski, Defense Minister Klich and other senior Polish government officials will be on hand to review the formations and forces that participate.
In Warsaw Armed Forces Day will be observed with a military parade of 1,200 troops starting at 2 p.m. on Friday from the Plac Pilsudskiego near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The parade will continue on the main boulevards of Aleje Ujazdowskie and Belwederska. Military equipment on display in the parade will include 24 tanks and other armored vehicles, as well as a fly-by of F-16s, MiG29s and transport aircraft. President Kaczynski, Defense Minister Klich and other senior Polish government officials will be on hand to review the formations and forces that participate.
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