11 November 1918 was the end of the ‘Great War’, the war to end all wars. The war brought an end to Austro-Hungary, Germany was defeated and Russia was busy having a revolution. Out of the chaos came a new Polish state, and Polish Independence Day is celebrated every year on 11 November.
Poles in this country got in early with a celebration on Saturday 8 Nov, and I photographed their march through Westminster to a rally in Trafalgar Square, attended by Polish Cardinal Jozef Glemp, Ryszard Kaczorowski, the last émigré President of the Republic of Polan, the Polish Ambassodor tot Great Britain and several thousand others.
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