Bromley boy
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Yes, the Poles were awesome. Their achievements are hidden by the invasion of their country but they really deserve as much credit as any of the Allies for defeating fascism.
In addition to forming eight fighter squadrons in the RAF, there was also an astonishingly brave Polish organisation which dedicated itself to shielding and rescuing tens of thousands of Jews (the Zegota), they had a huge resistance effort, they captured the Enigma machine, they got very far along the track of decrypting it and shared their efforts with the British (essentially kickstarting the Bletchley Park effort), they saved many lives in London by disrupting German rocket production and sharing technology secrets they discovered with us, they supplied almost half of the external intelligence received by the precursor to MI6, their navy fought alongside ours, they invented the periscope to fit to our tanks, and much more.
I don't necessarily think it's the best way forward, but if we ever did design an immigration system around historic friendships, then Poland has to be in the top division.
Absolutely. I wish these facts were better known.
The Poles get a lot of undeserved stick in the U.K, especially from some of my fellow brexiteers!