So why is there so much animosity against Poles?

Nah, we ostracised u, banned and confined u to England ;) U r in with the Scousers and Brummies now. They are ur posse.

If you lived here for awhile then you can give your opinion about the mentality over here. Just going on vacation doesn't count. I've been here for awhile and met many people but only one that I can call a friend.I'm not trying to say that all Polish people are bad but they are just different.

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3 years! Do I qualify?

The truth hurts, we don't have borders for nothing u know :)

This is the title of the story in reguards to Polish serving in British military. To tell the truth I ran the story more because I loved the praise for Polish Military;

I think the Generals and the Admirals should pause for a minute and remember the past. We live in a country that went to war 69 years ago to defend Polish freedom and that act was reciprocated by thousands of Poles laying down their lives: 195,000 Poles fought Hitler alongside us Brits, and in all three of the armed services. Arguably, the Battle of Britain would not have been won without the bravery of the 145 Polish pilots defending the skies over Britain. One all-Polish outfit, 303 Squadron, claimed the highest number of kills (126) of all fighter squadrons engaged in the Battle of Britain, even though it only joined the combat weeks into the battle. Just 5% of Polish pilots were responsible for a phenomenal 12% of all the total victories in the Battle.

Polish destroyers and frigates took part in the Battle of the Atlantic and escorted the hazardous Russian Convoys while Polish troops were among the first to set foot on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.

So, if we were so ready to accept their help in wartime why not now? Our army is short of 5,000 soldiers. We already have 3,000 Nepalese Gurkhas, 2,000 Fijians, and several hundred South Africans, Ghanaians and Zimbabweans. So why not take the Poles? There is a precedent, after all. We already have the Irish Guards, and although getting the exact figures seems to be next to impossible, it is admitted that, under the euphemism of a ?special dispensation?, there are plenty of citizens of the Irish Republic serving in the Army, Navy and RAF.

I recall a Polish tank battalion serving in the British Army post WW2 in a military book published in the 70's, made up of ex WW2 Polish veterans. What's changed? Perhaps the Poms are scared that the Poles will show them up??

My dad's uncle stayed on in the British military after WW2 and rose to the rank of Lt Colonel.