A nice video of the Battle of Warsaw in 1920 where the Poles scored an upset victory against the invading Soviet Red Army, securing Polish independence and giving the nascent Communist movement its first serious defeat. Poland has helped save Western civilization several times, but on few occasions have the odds been bleaker than a century ago. All the Poles had to rely on was God, themselves and their traditional laughing courage, but they were enough to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
The Poles won the three day battle of Warsaw on August 15, 1920, the Feast of the Assumption. I doubt it was a coincidence.
100 years ago, the Poles defeated the Red Army on the outskirts of Warsaw.
On the 15th of August, 1920 we did not just save Poland, we also saved Europe from the communist threat. #Victoria1920 🇵🇱 pic.twitter.com/SZy96FahP2
— IAM (@InstytutAM) August 13, 2020
Remarkable. I’ve never heard of this battle before. Definitely not a coincidence about the date. I think it was Padre Pio (?) who said there are no coincidences with God.
The more I learn about the Poles, the more I wonder how the jokes got started.
A month early for this, but:
https://youtu.be/rcYhYO02f98
Our newly-ordained, Polish immigrant priest told us at Mass this morning that the Blessed Virgin Mary is the Queen of Poland.
The Polish history of genocide and oppression fairly tracks the Irish.
I heard Holy Mass this AM, though the Bishops said it wasn’t obligatory. I do so because of my love for my Heavenly Mother and my (now in Heaven) Earthly Mother. I only wish I was worthy of them. But, being mothers, their love for me is unbounded.
Amen to that, T. Shaw. You put it so nicely.
Back in the day, “Polock” jokes were all over, at least in my neck of the woods (the NE) I don’t know how that all started, really. The Poles I knew could be stubborn one minute (to make you want to wring their necks) and hilariously full of life and jokes the next.