What is Poland known for?
On Sept. 1, 1939, Germany attacked Poland, an act that marked the outbreak of World War II.By mid-September 1939, little more than two weeks after the start of the German invasion, German armies had overrun most of western and central Poland. In the same month, Soviet troops invaded Poland from the east, and the two invading powers divided the country between them. Enormous reprisals were exacted against the Poles throughout the German-occupied region. In the Soviet-occupied area, many thousands of Poles were forcibly deported to Siberia.During their occupation of the country, the German armies pursued a policy of systematic extermination of the Polish people, particularly Jews, many of whom perished at Auschwitz (Oswiecim), Treblinka, Majdanek, and other concentration camps After World War II, Polish territory suffered a net loss of about29,300 sq mi, as the land ceded to the USSR in the E was nearly double that acquired from Germany in the W. A Communist-dominated government ruled Po
Well for me, it is: 1. Jan Sobieski – saved Europe from the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century. 2. Marie Curie – two time Nobel laureate, made major discoveries in radioactivity On a less historical note, I really like Andrzej Sapkowski’s books (even though the Russian translation is probably a lot worse than the original) and Polish clothing is known in Russia for being very high-quality and made from natural materials (unlike that Chinese crap…
