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==Lack of Polish participation== |
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Parade is also notable for claims that all Polish servicemen were excluded from taking part by the British government<ref name="QoH">], ], ''A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II '', Knopf, 2003, ISBN 0375411976, .</ref><ref name="FT06">Kwan Yuk Pan, , ], July 5 2005. Last accessed on 31 March 2006.</ref>, and some consider this as one of the causes of the feeling of "]" in Poland, one<ref name="QoH">], ], ''A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II '', Knopf, 2003, ISBN 0375411976, .</ref> Polish unit was actually invited but chose not to attend. The Official Programme of the Victory Celebrations on 8 June 1946 in London, England lists Poland as a nation scheduled to take part by parading its flag with an honour guard <ref name="Part 1">The Official Programme of the Victory Celebrations on 8th June 1946 in London, England </ref> and lists the Polish airforce as one of the foreign airforces scheduled to parade.<ref name="Part 2">The Official Programme of the Victory Celebrations on 8th June 1946 in London, England </ref> On 6 July 1945 the British government officially recognised the Soviet installed and controlled<ref>], 1982 and several reprints. ''God's Playground''. 2 vols. New York: Columbia Univ. Press. ISBN 0-231-05353-3 and ISBN 0-231-05351-7</ref> ] and withdrew recognition from the London-based ]. Therefore the 1946 invitations to the victory parade were sent <ref>Written answer from British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to question regarding Polish participation in Victory Parade 4 June 1946. ]</ref> to the Soviet installed ] <ref name="The Poles in Britain">Peter D. Stachura, ''The Poles in Britain, 1940-2000: from betrayal to assimilation'', Routledge, 2004, ISBN-10: 0714684449 </ref> |
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Although the parade is also notable for claims that all Polish servicemen were excluded from taking part by the British government<ref name="QoH">], ], ''A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II '', Knopf, 2003, ISBN 0375411976, .</ref><ref name="FT06">Kwan Yuk Pan, , ], July 5 2005. Last accessed on 31 March 2006.</ref>, and some consider this as one of the causes of the feeling of "]" in Poland, Poles were actually invited but chose not to attend. The Official Programme of the Victory Celebrations on 8 June 1946 in London, England lists Poland as a nation scheduled to take part by parading its flag with an honour guard <ref name="Part 1">The Official Programme of the Victory Celebrations on 8th June 1946 in London, England </ref> and lists the Polish airforce as one of the foreign airforces scheduled to parade.<ref name="Part 2">The Official Programme of the Victory Celebrations on 8th June 1946 in London, England </ref> On 6 July 1945 the British government officially recognised the Soviet installed<ref>], 1982 and several reprints. ''God's Playground''. 2 vols. New York: Columbia Univ. Press. ISBN 0-231-05353-3 and ISBN 0-231-05351-7</ref> ] and withdrew recognition from the London-based ]. Therefore the 1946 invitations to the victory parade were sent <ref>Written answer from British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to question regarding Polish participation in Victory Parade 4 June 1946. ]</ref> to the Soviet installed ] <ref name="The Poles in Britain">Peter D. Stachura, ''The Poles in Britain, 1940-2000: from betrayal to assimilation'', Routledge, 2004, ISBN-10: 0714684449 </ref> and not to ]. This invitation to send representatives was accepted <ref>Statement to Parliament by British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 5 June 1946. ]</ref> but no representatives actually arrived. ] newspaper reported at the time “The Polish Government accepted, but the contingent has not yet arrived.” |
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and not to ]. This invitation to send representatives was accepted <ref>Statement to Parliament by British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 5 June 1946. ]</ref> but no representatives actually arrived. ] newspaper reported at the time “The Polish Government accepted, but the contingent has not yet arrived.” |
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<ref>Dr Mark Ostrowski ''To Return To Poland Or Not To Return'' - The Dilemma Facing The Polish Armed Forces At The End Of The Second World War.''University of London (1996)ASIN: B001ONE4L8 |
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<ref>Dr Mark Ostrowski ''To Return To Poland Or Not To Return'' - The Dilemma Facing The Polish Armed Forces At The End Of The Second World War.''University of London (1996)ASIN: B001ONE4L8 |
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</ref> Some authors claim that the Polish government was ordered by the Soviet leadership to not send representatives.<ref name="The Victory Parade">Rudolf Falkowski, . Last accessed on 30 September 2009.</ref> |
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</ref> Some authors claim that the Polish government was ordered by the Soviet leadership to not send representatives.<ref name="The Victory Parade">Rudolf Falkowski, . Last accessed on 30 September 2009.</ref> |
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Although ], in 1946 Polish forces were split between the ] and Soviet controlled ], which took part in ]. After public and media outcry{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} that no units from the ] had been invited to the London parade, invitations were extended to representatives of Polish airmen who had taken part in the ] <ref> ], “An Army in Exile” MacMillan & Co., London 1949. page 299 </ref> to march in uniform <ref>Edward Lucas ]</ref><ref>Edward Lucas </ref>. But as ] noted in June 1946 “Unfortunately, it seems that none of the Polish servicemen who fought in the West under British command will take part. Polish airmen who took part in the Battle of Britain were invited, but they do not wish to march unless Polish soldiers and sailors of the Western Command can march with them."<ref>Dr Mark Ostrowski Op.Cit </ref> It should be noted that, with the exception of the honour guard for each nation’s flag and the bands of certain nations, no units of any army or navy from any non-Commonwealth/Empire nation were invited to take part.<ref name="Part 1"/><ref name="Part 2"/> |
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] but in 1946 Polish forces were split between the ] and ], which took part in ]. After public and media outcry{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} that no units from the ] had been invited to the London parade, invitations were extended to representatives of Polish airmen who had taken part in the ] <ref> ], “An Army in Exile” MacMillan & Co., London 1949. page 299 </ref> to march in uniform <ref>Edward Lucas ]</ref><ref>Edward Lucas </ref>. But as ] noted in June 1946 “Unfortunately, it seems that none of the Polish servicemen who fought in the West under British command will take part. Polish airmen who took part in the Battle of Britain were invited, but they do not wish to march unless Polish soldiers and sailors of the Western Command can march with them."<ref>Dr Mark Ostrowski Op.Cit </ref> It should be noted that, with the exception of the honour guard for each nation’s flag and the bands of certain nations, no units of any army or navy from any non-Commonwealth/Empire nation were invited to take part.<ref name="Part 1"/><ref name="Part 2"/> |
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Although the parade is also notable for claims that all Polish servicemen were excluded from taking part by the British government, and some consider this as one of the causes of the feeling of "Western Betrayal" in Poland, Poles were actually invited but chose not to attend. The Official Programme of the Victory Celebrations on 8 June 1946 in London, England lists Poland as a nation scheduled to take part by parading its flag with an honour guard and lists the Polish airforce as one of the foreign airforces scheduled to parade. On 6 July 1945 the British government officially recognised the Soviet installed Provisional Government of National Unity and withdrew recognition from the London-based Polish government in exile. Therefore the 1946 invitations to the victory parade were sent to the Soviet installed Provisional Government of National Unity and not to Polish government in exile. This invitation to send representatives was accepted but no representatives actually arrived. The Times newspaper reported at the time “The Polish Government accepted, but the contingent has not yet arrived.”
Some authors claim that the Polish government was ordered by the Soviet leadership to not send representatives.
