77 years ago – on October 29, 1944, the Polish 1st Armored Division under the command of General Stanisław Maczek entered Breda.
77 years ago – on October 29, 1944, the Polish 1st Armored Division under the command of General Stanisław Maczek entered Breda.
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Niech żyje Polska
Lucky chad
That guy on the right has this: “God, I wish that was me” look.
My grandmother is called Breda, this title makes me wonder just what she was up to during the war…
The Germans were prepared to repel the attack from the west, in the direction of the Allied offensive. The Poles, however, rounded Breda from the north with the forces of the 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade under the command of Col. Tadeusz Majewski, made a 90-degree turn, and then attacked the city from the east, achieving the full effect of surprise. The Germans did not have prepared defensive positions in the eastern part of Breda, so they were not able to put up effective resistance there.
This guy fucks.
I live in the city of Breda. There are several polish monuments and memorials to remember the freeing of the city and to thank the soldiers for their service. My grandparents used to live close to the general maczek street, this street also has a old polish tank and a column as memorial. Me and my grandma used to lay flowers there on the 5th of may, which is our national liberation day.
Who is Breda?
The guy on the motorcycle definitely got some pussy that day.
But the sad part of this story is that all these Polish heroes got slandered by the communist Polish puppet government as capitalist lackeys after the war. General Maczek lived his life out in relative poverty in the UK and only got his rightful rehabilitation posthumously by the post communist government.
There is a boyscout in the picture on the far right. Recognize it from my own time in the boyscouts. 🙂
I am from Breda; I remember the stories my grand parents told, they were liberated by the Polish and were delirious with joy to see the first Polish soldiers in the city. Every year, Oct 29th is remembered with ceremonies, and every 5 years it’s a big event in the city. In 2004 they replayed the route the Polish 1st armoured division took to arrive in the centre of Breda, with jeeps, tanks etc, then 60 years ago, and still quite a lot of veterans. Everybody on the side was applauding, it was emotional to see. Recently I was at the Polish Military Cemetery in Breda, where General Maczek is buried, it’s always full of flowers and candles. I also remember in 1984, for the 40th anniversary, me and other schoolchildren were singing the Polish national anthem at the Grote Markt (main squire in the centre), for Polish veterans. Although I can’t remember a word, it was very impressive. Dziekujemy wam polacy!
His division liberated my hometown on 12 April 1945. There’s a General Maczek monument on the General Maczek square right in the middle of the town. Pretty cool guy.