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	GreenCine \| Polish Cinema
		Polish cinema, then, tackles some serious and weighty themes and the country can boast some of Europe's finest cinematic moralists, including Krzysztof Kieslowski, Andrzej Wajda and Krzysztof Zanussi.
		The Second World War and the nature of heroism have been important themes for Polish directors, and even today, with interest in the war and definitions of heroism receding, the nature of masculinity is still a hot topic.
		Also set during the war, Kanal (1957) portrayed the last hours of a doomed set of Resistance fighters as they try to escape through the Warsaw sewer system while the city's uprising is subdued (Kanal translates as "sewer" in English, but for some reason, the Polish film's title is never translated).
	www.greencine.com /static/primers/polish-1.jsp (3156 words)

	Myths about the Polish Air Force in WWII - Polish Aviation History Page
		Polish squadrons were deployed to reserve airfields following the mobilization on 30 and 31 August, and played an active role in the campaign till September 17th, when the Red Army invaded Poland from the east and the evacuation order was given.
		With the help of Polish embassies and consulates, which provided false papers and bribe money, most of them were able to make their escape through the Mediterranean to France and England in time to take part in the defence of France and in the Battle of Britain.
		The Polish Air Force in Great Britain, though organizationally and operationally within the RAF structure, was an independent air force, and many decisions (like sending Polish pilots away from the European theatre) had to be agreed on with the Polish command.
	ww2-aviation.net /polavhist/myths.html (807 words)

	Polish Cavalry in World War 2
		The charge which took place on September 10, 1939 (the text gives the September 9, as the date of the charge but this is not in sequence with the other events mentioned in the memoirs).
		In a village near to the small town of Schönfeld, the military band was playing the Polish national anthem "Poland is not yet lost".
		Polish and German uniforms - the drawing present an image in accordance with the myth.
	www.chakoten.dk /polryt07.html (1114 words)

	Spinsanity - Myths and misconceptions about Iraq
		As war begins in Iraq, this column is intended to serve as a resource.
		Another persistent myth in wide circulation is that Iraq never used poison gas against Kurdish civilians, a point often cited by those opposed to war.
		The main source of this myth is a series of articles, including a January New York Times op-ed by former CIA Iraq analyst Stephen Pelletiere (who, along with two co-authors, has also written a book on the subject).
	www.spinsanity.org /columns/20030320.html (2666 words)

	World War II
		The Great War, the war that "made the world safe for democracy," had created tremendous dislocations which laid the groundwork for the collapse of democratic institutions in Europe, and set the stage for a second German attempt at conquest.
		The Sitzkrieg ["sitting war" -- the opposite of the Blitzkrieg] or in French drôle de guerre was a waiting period of neither war nor peace.
		Japan's geographical situation determined that the Pacific war should in large measure be a war for control of the sea, and to insure control of the sea, for control of the air over it.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/world_war_2.htm (11154 words)

	Zionist myths
		One of the major myths perpetuated by latter followers of the religion is the notion of their novelty/freshness/uniqueness and, in the case of some followers of Judaism, the idea that it is more than a religion but an inherited attribute.
		Myth 3: Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 B.C.E. the Jews have had dominion over the land for 1,000 years with a continuous presence in the land for the past 3,300 years.
		Myth 18: The UN was silent while the Jordanians enforced an apartheid-like policy of preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.
	www.redress.btinternet.co.uk /mqumsiyeh2.htm (6381 words)

	What did Pope John Paul II do in World War II?
		Wojtyla, who was penniless even before the war, had lived for just one year in a tiny basement apartment in Krakow.
		When the war came, Wojtyla was 30 miles away in Krakow, without a car or telephone and with Germans in between.
		World War II -- and particularly the Holocaust -- is the fulcrum on which John Paul's theology turns.
	www.post-gazette.com /forum/20000305rodgers3.asp (1431 words)

	Polish Constitution - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Peasants were recognized as a part of the nation for the first time in the Polish history, which was clearly stated in the article on peasants and on the army.
		England, the peaceful character of the Polish revolution was favorably compared to the events in France.
		After the downfall of the Insurrection and the Third Partition of Poland liquidating the Polish state, traditions, legends and myths of the Constitution of May 3 proliferated.
	www.pna-znp.org /constitution1.htm (1049 words)

	Polish music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It is here where Polish modern composers first confronted contemporary foreign music, and from that moment on, the career of Polish music has been blossoming.
		After the war, Poland has afforded her audience 12 concert and opera halls, 10 opera theatres and 20 state symphony orchestras.
		By that time the Polish Chamber Orchestra had been famous already, it had cut two records under the leadership of Yehudi Menuhin in London, they had performed together for the Pope at Castel Gandolfo, and then an idea occurred to them that they could broaden their repertoire to include symphonic compositions.
	www.poland-embassy.si /eng/culture/todaymusic.htm (3388 words)

	Polish Writing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		ALJ: When the prize was awarded, Polish cultural historian Maria Janion (who was chairman of the jury) wrote a congratulatory text saying that it was the first book about an assimilated Jewish family in Poland, its fate and choices in life.
		The only extra things I had to do were to add a historical note at the beginning for any readers who are unfamiliar with Polish history, and check some of the details in their English versions, such as the names of various political organisations, military details and book titles.
		Huelle is a Polish writer from Gdansk, and this is a meditation on his family’s history and the history of their country.
	www.polishwriting.net (4159 words)

	Polish eagle, polish eagle tattoo, polish white eagle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Toward the end of the 13th century, during the reign of Przemyslaw II, the Polish eagle was depicted with a crown.
		The Polish Eagle is the Heavyweight Champion of The PWN, a professional wrestling organization in the Northern New Jersey area.
		Polish Infantry and Artillery Uniforms of the V Corps
	www.autoloanclub.net /polish-eagle.html (1491 words)

	Polish Spirit
		I enjoy serving Polish people because they are usually pleasantly surprised when I can read their names correctly off their credit cards.
		The German invasion of Poland was the trigger for war, we declared war a couple of days later but we were not in a position to help resist the invasion.
		As you say Polish pilots played a vital part in the Battle of Britain, arguably without them the war might have run a very different course and we might both have been using German as a common language instead.
	www.mwillett.org /Feedback/michal1.htm (9010 words)

	Polish Army
		The Polish Airforce was part of the army, but was distinguished by its own uniform and command structures.
		It was on this front that the Polish Mazowiecka Cavalry Brigade had a number of sabre clashes with the German First Cavalry Brigade (Zaloga and Madej,1991) thus marking an end to mounted warfare.
		One of Poland's greatest gifts towards the war effort was to have captured an Ultra machine (Stafford, 1997) early in the conflict.
	www.polandinexile.com /army1.htm (2530 words)

	Iraq War News
		We can definitely lose this war, and as anomalous as it may sound, the major reason we can lose is that so many of us simply do not fathom the answer to the second question - 'What does losing mean?'.
		That is, defeating ourselves by refusing to recognize the enemy and their purpose and really digging in and lending full support to the war effort.
		This has been a long way of saying that we must be united on this war or we will be equated in the history books to the self inflicted fall of the Roman Empire.
	www.brandonblog.homestead.com /files/2004_07_03_archive.html (4722 words)

	Myths and Legends - frames
		Aside from the General and Creatures of Myth and Legend sections, these links are organized by region and language group, with those groups which produced written accounts of their myths and legends earlier, generally appearing closer to the beginning.
		She writes from the thesis that these myths help indicate that prior to the pridominatly patriarchal, literate cultures we know of, there were matriarchal societies.
		Myths and Legends gathered in Kenya and Tanzania over a seven week period, at a rate of one per week.
	home.comcast.net /~chris.s/myth.html (11969 words)

	Myths and Legends - frames
		Myths and Legends of Ancient Korea translated by Richard Rutt and Peter Lee.
		Myth and Legend which includes stories of the King of the Fairies, the Brownies, Prince Ian, and the Black bull of Norroway.
		Myths and Legends for American Indian Youth are an extensive list with descriptions of tales from throughout North America.
	www.myths.com /pub/myths/myth.html (12212 words)

	13myths.org
		This "13 Myths" web site was conceived after activists involved in Organizers' Collaborative used the Internet to research and distribute a comprehensive flyer detailing distortion of the truth in the battle for the White House in the aftermath of the 2000 election.
		Recognizing that people want to help, the authors of myths and facts can write, if they are pretty sure of something (but have not yet located a good citation), [reference needed] next to it.
		It is likely that of the next 100 people to look over the myth, one or two will have seen the same thing you did, and will know where to go to cite it properly.
	islandimage.net /oc/13myths (1235 words)

	Amazon.com: Russia's War: Books: R. J. Overy,Richard Overy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Russia's War is far from a tale of triumph, as the Russian capacity for resourceful creativity, desperate courage, and raw endurance was matched, if not exceeded, by the brutal oppression of the Soviet system.
		Here he concentrates on what has to be considered the most unlikely reversal of fortune in 20th century war history, the catastrophic yet also heroically successful defense, repulsion, and vanquishing of the Wehrmacht along a war front that was literally thousands of miles long.
		Overy's Russia's War is an excellent book for readers who wish to gain a broad perspective on the Eastern Front and the struggle of the Soviet nation against the 1940 German invasion.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140271694?v=glance (3400 words)

	Limerick Myths
		But just as there are English words that have an unaccented syllable at the end, so there are Polish words that have their last syllable accented.
		Having said that it is possible to find anapestic limericks in Polish (and there are many examples of them), I must admit it is much easier to come across paeonic feet (da da DUM da,) as they are more natural to the language.
		After the World War II there were several well-known poets who wrote limericks, and many more unknown ones.
	www.limeryki.pl /English/LiMyths.html (1514 words)

	Moynihan Myths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		There were by some counts as many as 50,000 Cuban Americans who admit Bush got their vote, not Gore, because of the position the Clinton administration took on Elian, even though Gore took no official position for or against.
		I would agree with you but we are at war with enemies foreign and domestic.
		Truth is fair in war and the liberals have been at war with us since the election.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/879251/posts (6967 words)

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		Original documents regarding all aspects of the war.
		Protocols and Indictments for German War Crimes Trials.
		Please inform them if you have, or know of, a site not currently on their listing which you think should be included.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha (598 words)

	myths
		"Wolfdogs are confused--the wolf and the dog are at war within, and the animal doesn't know whether he's a wolf or a dog."
		A wolf cross is just a "mutt", the same as a husky/shepherd cross would be.) Science aside, wolves are dogs, for all practical purposes.
		some myths do have their origins in a grain of truth, and this is one of them.
	www.geocities.com /wolfdogproject/myths (1013 words)

	Legends and Myths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		These legends and myths were translated and edited by D.
		Kuhn's and Schwartz's source: "Oral, from Swinemünde." Swinemünde is the German name for Swinoujscie, Poland, a city on the Baltic very near the current Polish border with Germany.
		Ages ago the cruel custom ruled of entombing infants in the foundations of castles and fortresses in order to provide protection against storms, weather, and the dangers of war.
	blacklake.biz /meck/legends.htm (8362 words)

	World War II
		War of our Fathers: Photographs of the Pacific Battlefields of WW II by Richard Marin
		Polish Volunteers in the German Wehrmacht and Auxiliary Forces during WWII
		Chronology of ther Pacific War and the Battle for Saipan
	members.aol.com /TeacherNet/WWII.html (2533 words)

	Polish Navy Homepage 1939-1947
		This site is dedicated to all Polish soldiers, who fought and died during the World War 2.
		This is shortend version of the original article written by historian prof.
		Pawel P. Wieczorkiewicz, which was published in Polish maritime newspaper Morze in September 1982.
	www.polishnavy.pl (149 words)

	Myths & Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		As far as we’re concerned, the ability to read and write is far more important than the ability to speak clearly.
		This implant brouhaha (give deaf kids bionic hearing so they can have better speech!) has distracted us so badly that we’re in danger of losing sight of the priorities.
		One Deaf superintendent told me (off the record) that there were several deaf kids with implants in his school, and all of them had language delays.
	www.cochlearwar.com /myths_and_facts.html (10502 words)

	uboat.net - The U-boat War 1939-1945
		Check out our new extensive section on all the Allied Warships during WWII in all theatres of the war.
		uboat.net is an apolitical site - our focus is history of the U-boat War 1939-1945 - all aspects of it.
		Please take a look at this new page that covers our largest ongoing projects.
	uboat.net (324 words)

	Wikipedia:Find or fix a stub : Stub (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In the contrivance of some of the episodes, to the style of Virgil.
		It is said that he was twelve years employed in affirming, that he polished it with all the care and assiduity practised Thebais, multa cruciata lima, Gaudia famae.--Silvae, lib.
		For, taught by you, with steadfast care With generous rivalry to share Iliad; but it is the previous history of Achilles, not his conduct in the young hero is under the care of the Centaur Chiron, Thetis makes a visit.
	www.city-search.org /st/stub.html (1577 words)

	PolishWorld: Education: History: Polish History: World War II
		PolishWorld: Education: History: Polish History: World War II PolishWorld: Education: History: Polish History: World War II
		II which include striking documentation of the persecution and murder of Jews and Poles by the
		- describes ships that were fighting under the Polish flag in the Second World War operating in exile
	www.polishworld.com /pwenglish/pwedu/pwhistory/polhistory/pww2_1.html (101 words)

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