Marta Wojtkowska's photos with the keyword: soldiers

Armed Forces Day , known also as the Feast of the Polish Armed Forces (Polish: Święto Wojska Polskiego ), is a national holiday celebrated annually on 15 August in Poland, commemorating the anniversary of the 1920 victory over Soviet Russia at the Battle of Warsaw during the Polish–Soviet War. ... Armed Forces Day is celebrated throughout Poland, with military parades, commemorations for active personnel, veterans, and the dead. As the day coincides with the religious Day of the Assumption, church masses across the country reflect on the memory of Poland's military dead. The Battle of Warsaw 1920. The Defeat of the Empire of Evil : The Battle of Warsaw in 1920 was not only a culminating moment of the Polish-Bolshevik war but also one of the decisive events in the history of Europe and the world. The British diplomat Lord Edgar Vincent D’Abernon, an eyewitness to those events, claimed in his book The Eighteenth Decisive Battle of the World that the Poles had saved the Western civilization from the fanatical tyranny of the Soviet. Unfortunately, the European nations are not aware of this historical fact. I took this shot depicting members of the Representative Honor Guard Regiment of the Polish Armed Forces (and the regimental military band) in August 2015 at Pęcice but I think it fits today celebrations quite well. ----- Mamiya 645 AF + Kodak Portra 160 + Tetenal Colortec

Every year, on September 15, people of Sulejówek and Miłosna commemorate the anniversary of the pacification of Cechówka (part of Sulejówek-Miłosna now) that happened in September 1939, when German troops were approaching Warsaw from the east. One notable German Wermacht commander was killed in Cechówka. Retaliation was swift and cruel. The village was destroyed and people burnt alive in their houses. 58 residents of Cechówka and many refugees seeking shelter (their names are mostly unknown) have been buried at the nearby cemetery. Now 80 years after the fact, various reenactment groups came to Sulejówek to show and explain what happened then. It was a good educational event for kids (and their parents, too). But this old man... He could be a toddler then... I wonder what his recollection of that cruel time is. He stood there for several minutes looking at the actors, lost in his thoughts. Then he moved on, he didn't stay... ----- Olympus XA + Kodak T-Max 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)