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The Canadian Polish Congress is a Canadian organization that represents our community’s interests before the people and Government of Canada. The Canadian Polish Congress promotes awareness of and respect for Poland’s history and heritage and the contribution of Poles to the culture of Canada and the world.
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On August 23, we commemorate Black Ribbon Day as the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Communism and Nazism in Europe and around the Globe. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which formally divided Europe between the monstrous totalitarian regimes of Hitler's Nazi Germany and Stalin's Communist Soviet Union.
Soon after the Pact was signed, Germany and the USSR jointly invaded and dismembered Poland. Millions of men, women and children were murdered, imprisoned, and subjected to dreadful brutality by both the Nazi German and Soviet occupiers.
On Black Ribbon Day, we honour the memory of millions of their innocent victims and pay tribute to the memory of the millions more who suffered, and continue to suffer, under totalitarian tyranny. ... See MoreSee Less
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The Battle of Warsaw refers to the decisive Polish victory in 1920 during the Polish–Soviet War. Poland, on the verge of total defeat, repulsed and defeated the invading Red Army.
As Soviet forces invaded Poland in summer 1920, the Polish army retreated westward in disarray. The Polish forces seemed on the verge of disintegration and observers predicted a decisive Soviet victory.
The battle of Warsaw was fought from August 12–25, 1920 as Red Army forces commanded by Mikhail Tukhachevsky approached the Polish capital of Warsaw and the nearby Modlin Fortress. On August 16, Polish forces commanded by Józef Piłsudski counterattacked from the south, disrupting the enemy's offensive, forcing the Russian forces into a disorganized withdrawal eastward and behind the Neman River. Estimated Russian losses were 10,000 killed, 500 missing, 30,000 wounded, and 66,000 taken prisoner, compared with Polish losses of some 4,500 killed, 10,000 missing, and 22,000 wounded.
The defeat crippled the Red Army; Vladimir Lenin, the Bolshevik leader, called it "an enormous defeat" for his forces. In the following months, several more Polish follow-up victories saved Poland's independence and led to a peace treaty with Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine later that year, securing the Polish state's eastern frontiers until 1939.
The British diplomat Edgar Vincent regards this event as one of the most important battles in history on his expanded list of most decisive battles, since the Polish victory over the Soviets stopped the spread of communism to Europe. ... See MoreSee Less
1 week ago ·
On 1st August 1944 a battle for Warsaw started. The Warsaw Uprising has lasted unexpectedly 63 days. The biggest rebellion against German Nazi occupation during WWII pay big price: over 18,000 soldiers dead, 25,000 wounded and over 200,000 civilians killed. Today we pay tribute to the fallen heroes who fought for freedom. We pay tribute to Canadian airmen who help Warsaw during the Uprising in 1944 and died providing airlift for the Polish Army in occupied Poland. ... See MoreSee Less
3 weeks ago ·
The Legislative Assembly today hosted a #BlackRibbonDay ceremony to mark the sombre anniversary of ... the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. #ableg @angelapittAB
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Today, we commemorate Black Ribbon Day, the Intern'l Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Communism... & Nazism. Soon after the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed 80 years ago, Germany & the USSR jointly invaded & dismembered Poland. Millions died. We remember them. #BlackRibbonDay
Today, John Tomczak - the first-ever Cdn Polish Congress President from Western Canada - and VP ... Marek Domaradzki met with with Premier @jkenney, a great friend of Canada’s #Polonia, to discuss issues of importance to Alberta’s Polish community. Dziękujemy Panie Premierze! #abpoli
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