On 14 August, the soldiers of the polish military contingent in Romania celebrated the 100 years since the Battle of Warsaw and the Day of the Polish Armed Forces. The event began with a holy service officiated by the chaplain, Major Tomasz Szefliński. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the polish embassy in Romania, honorary consul of Poland in Brașov, Mr. Janusz Szalinski, representatives of local government authorities and soldiers of the Southeast Multinational Division, led by Commander. Cristian Dan |.
On the hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw, known as “The Miracle on Vistula ", the commander of the polish military contingent, Major. Krzysztof Słowik, handed over to the soldiers certificates to a higher rank, medals and awards for their exemplary service.
Further, The Call for Appeal was subsequently read remember, and the ceremony ended with a parade attended by all sub units assembled at the event. On the last point of the day, flowers were laid by representatives of the polish contingent but also of the embassy of poles in Bucharest and Brasov at the monument commemorating refugees poles of World War II, at the cemetery in Craiova.
The Battle of Warsaw, also known under the name of the Vistula Miracle, it was a series of battles that led to a Poland's decisive victory in 1920, during the Polish-Soviet War, broke out shortly after the end of the First World War.
Photo: st. agent. Tomasz Kochanowski.