Poland remembers World War start

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

A day of commemorations is taking place in Poland to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II.

The first ceremony took place at dawn on Westerplatte peninsula near Gdansk, where a German battleship fired the first shots on a Polish fort in 1939.

Poland's president and prime minister led a sombre ceremony at the fort.

President Lech Kaczynski added to a row with Russia over responsibility for the war, saying his country had received a "stab in the back".

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8230678.stm

[LynnTheDem]

1. How unfortunate Poland didn't remember when they decided to assist war criminal bUsh

by Hitlering Iraq.



I won't be forgetting Poland any time soon.

[bushmeister0]

2. WWII started on Dec. 12 1941 when Hitler inexplicably declared war

on the U.S. Before that it was known as the European war. If Hitler hadn't declared war on the U.S., we would have been content to keep providing materiel to the UK and got on with taking care of business in the Pacific.