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The Polish Army In France: Immigrants In America, World War I Volunteers In France, Defenders Of The Recreated State In Poland, David Thomas Ruskoski
The Polish Army In France: Immigrants In America, World War I Volunteers In France, Defenders Of The Recreated State In Poland, David Thomas Ruskoski
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Independent Poland ceased to exist in 1795 and the various insurrections to restore the Polish state were thwarted by the Germans, Austro-Hungarians, and Russians. During the First World War, Polish statesmen called upon the thousands of Polish immigrants in the United States to join the Polish Army in France, a military force funded by the French government and organized by the Polish Falcons of America and Ignacy Paderewski, the world-famous Polish pianist. Over 20,000 men trained in Canada and fought in the final months of the war on the Western front. While in France they were placed under the command …