Do Poles really blame Britain for Poland becoming Communist after the war?

I really am just curious as to what course of action people think Britain could have taken to save Poland from being Communist.

this ^ is the point of the thread.

When the war in Europe was coming to an end, the Polish troops fighting at the side of the Western Allies numbered more than 210 thousand soldiers

Here we go: Ilford Park Polish Home

You can apologise for that comment any time you want.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7622866.stm

He is forgetting that in some days whole RAF were claiming more shot Germans than German's loses.

"...Their days are spent making intricate embroidery, singing traditional Polish songs and dancing Polish dances. ..."

And you can't take photos of them as they think is steals their souls? Really? What, all day, every day?

Is that not a bit of condescending 19th century style journalism?

here is a link for free download of free book :

Let`s summarise :regular army troops who participated in the IIWW were estimated as high as : alive 600 000 + dead 160 000= 760 000 .

Scrapping the barrel kid. Housing old vets in the 80 -90yr age band is hardly a drain on the British taxpayer now, is it ?
How long do you think they,ll live ?
They,re probably entitled to the privilege having paid dues like other WORKING people.

Digging up petty articles with no substance doesn,t really back up your statements. Think again. ( no insult intended )

+1,260,000

The most spectacular achievement of the intelligence was working out the research center and factory in Penenmünde, which built the rocket V 1 and V 2 The first information obtained in autumn 1942 and in March 1943 was sent to London a detailed report. This allowed the British to conduct a massive bomb attack (17/18 August 1943), which for many months stopped plans to build Wunderwaffe.

According to the latest findings of the Polish-British Historical Commission for Documenting Activities of Polish Intelligence during World War II, the information provided by Polish intelligence accounted for 45% of all allied materials. The documents the committee, it also follows that in the Polish intelligence worked at least 20 000 agents.
Just in 1944, Polish intelligence provided for the British nearly 38,000 reports over 12,000 for Americans and nearly a thousand for Frenchmen. From this, according to the British ratings, 85% is about a very high or high quality, another 12% had information valuable, 2% less valuable, and only 1% of the information was considered worthless. It turns out that the Polish intelligence was one of the best and most effective in the war, and perhaps even the best.

The armed forces of the Polish resistance movement in 1944 numbered more than 500 thousand. people, including nearly 150 thousand. fought in partisan units. Was carried out about 10 thousand. military actions, which killed over 150 thousand. German soldiers, police, Gestapo agents and officials. Momentum has been made possible by the massive participation and support of the resistance by Polish society, which, moreover, led the fight against the civilian with the Nazis.

The book "MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service", whose author is a professor. Keith Jeffery of Queen's University Belfast, cites the opinion of Wilfred Dunderdale'a, liaison officer between the SIS (Secret Intelligence Service - MI6 another name) and the history of the Polish General Staff in London (the two), from June 1943. In a memo to his superiors the author points out that the Polish intelligence had at that time 30 networks in occupied and neutral countries in Europe,

Large service SIS also gave Mieczyslaw Slowikowski, who created one of the most effective intelligence networks - "Agency Africa." Her reports served the Americans and British to plan the operation of the marine Torch landings in November 1942 in North Africa. Słowikowski served as a prototype of the hero's famous film "Casablanca" with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.

Your idiocy is so appalling that I can`t believe that it can exist : READ my post nb 93 - remaining troops were in underground army and partisan army and also intelligence . .

The armed forces of the Polish resistance movement in 1944 numbered more than 500 thousand. people,

The armed forces of the Polish resistance movement in 1944 numbered more than 500 thousand. people, including nearly 150 thousand. fought in partisan units