We bow our heads before the size of those events with respect to the brave, who were not afraid of repression and the death penalty, were not afraid to fight for their homeland," said Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamish during the 85th anniversary of the creation of the Peasants Battalions. 15 The Lubuska Territorial Defence Brigade received the name of the patron, commandant of BCh, General Dyw. Franciszek Kamiński.
The 85th anniversary of the creation of the Peasants Battalions.
On 8 October is the Festival of Soldiers of the Peasants Battalions. The main ceremonies attended by veterans, the Polish Army and representatives of the state authorities were held present in Warsaw at the monument of the Soldiers of the Peasants Battalions and the People's Union of Women.
Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz stressed that "the communicative is not only to mention it, but to draw and build something better to learn from experience." – This is simply a fraternity that merged later National Army and Boys' BattalionsIt revived Poland. It went through the times of the Polish People's Republic to the 1990s and it was renewed. present we bow our heads before the magnitude of those events, with respect – after 85 years – for the brave who were not afraid of repression, the death penalty, the conflict for their homeland and their loved ones – said the Minister of National Defence.
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The head of the MON besides stated that the lesson from the heroism of the Peasants Battalions "is for tomorrow, not yesterday". Because, as he pointed out, “we live in times where danger is closest to Polish borders since the end of planet War II.” “We request a strong army, strong alliances and the strength of societies,” he added.
During the ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz gave the commander of the 15th Lubuskie Territorial Defence Brigade a decision to take over the heritage of the tradition and to give the name of the patron – General Div. Franciszek Kamiński, and to establish the feast of 15 LBOT. He stressed that he was grateful to the brigade's soldiers for accepting specified a hero as a patron and for taking care of the general's monument and grave in Warsaw Powązki.
The Feast of Soldiers of the Peasants' Battalions was established on 8 October, on the anniversary of the day erstwhile in 1940 the commandant of the recently formed armed organization of the folk movement was sworn in by Franciszek Kamiński “Zenon Trawiński”, imprisoned after the war by communists, in the 3rd Polish Republic promoted to general of the Polish Army and decorated with the Order of the White Eagle.
The 85th anniversary of the creation of the Peasants Battalions.
During planet War II, the folk movement became 1 of the pillars of the Polish Underground State. People's armed forces were formed in August 1940. The name Peasants Battalion was not formally adopted until 1944, but it was utilized before. Almost 170 000 soldiers were active in the fight, which carried out about 3,000 different combat actions.
The monument of the Soldiers of the Peasants Battalions and the People's Union of Women in Warsaw was unveiled on October 8, 2019.
