Elsewhere, it has been calculated that 5,400 Poles fought in Spain.

The Soviet troops outside withdrew six miles under orders from Moscow, leaving the Poles to fight their own battle.

The Poles were fighting for independence from Russia, and both parents were fiercely engaged in the struggle.

This very modest proposal was nevertheless felt to be unacceptable, and that the Poles would fight rather than agree to it.

Since Poles and Czechs were fighting in Russian armies there was not a great deal of weight to their protestations.

Poles, led by amazing Wilimowski, fought back - in the 118th minute he slotted the ball in.

These Poles later fought and provided valuable support during the 1846 and 1848 revolutions in Poland.

When Poland has been attacked in 1939 by Germany, he wrote an important poem encouraging Poles to put away political differences and fight the aggressors.

The Poles fought alone for 63 days and lost 200,000 people.

About 5,000 Poles fought in that unit.