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25 years ago, we entered NATO. “This is the real end of planet War II” _ usually at specified historical dates, witnesses of these events only after any time realize how large the case was,” said the Polish Radio broadcast after Poland officially joined NATO, a writer and writer Anatol Arcuch. It was different this time. precisely 25 years ago, on March 12, 1999, in Independence, Missouri, the authoritative reception of Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary to NATO took place. The Polish Radio archive preserved recordings in which opinion leaders - politicians, journalists and journalists shared their thoughts about the event. Although they pointed out various aspects and even expressed any concerns, they all stood in the position that the day of Poland's accession to the structures of the North Atlantic Alliance is 1 of the most crucial dates in the post-war past of our country.
It is simply a large day for Poland as well as for millions of Poles scattered across all continents. Poland returns to the free planet forever where it belongs. Poland is no longer alone in defending its freedom. We are in NATO for our freedom and your freedom _ - said then Polish abroad minister Bronisław Geremek during the independency ceremony. "Before my eyes something groundbreaking happened" Ryszard Kaczorowski, the last president of the Republic of Poland in Refugee, stated in a radio broadcast that the day of Poland's accession to NATO treats "as a national holiday". We have come to this point in our history, erstwhile we are safe and part of the defence strategy we have been striving for for many years. This is an accomplishment so serious that even today, looking at it from close up, we don't seem to realize what happened. Jan Nowak-Jezioranski, a legendary courier from Warsaw, longtime manager of the Polish Radio Free Europe, was 1 of the witnesses of Poland's historical inclusion in the structure of the North Atlantic Alliance. At this point, erstwhile again, I felt like I was touching the pulse of past with my hand. Before my eyes, something groundbreaking was happening, besides in the microscopic scale of my own life, he spoke on a 1999 broadcast. For the first time today, we have the right to live in the belief that independency one more time by our own forces will not prove to be another short episode. due to the fact that the inclusion in NATO yet brings Poland out of its destiny of a country squeezed between 2 powers: Germany and Russia, who have repeatedly tried to crush us, catch us, divide us and erase us from the map of Europe."