Commemorative events for the 70th anniversary of the Second world war took place in Gdansk
Commemorative events dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the end of world war II, were held in the Polish city of gda?sk on the Westerplatte Peninsula With the participation of nine European presidents.
the head of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski in his own speech, recalled the difficult history of the country since the Second world war until the Polish trade Union " Solidarity ".
While the Polish leader had used this podium to blame the Russian Federation's aggression, saying that Russia has annexed Crimea and in fact changed borders in the European Union "." This has not happened since 1939, " said Komorowski Westerplatte.
The Ukrainian authorities, as well as the US and EU before many times has accused Moscow of meddling in Ukraine's Affairs. Russia denies it and calls such accusations are unacceptable. Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to domestic conflict and is not privy to the events in the Donbass, is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.
at the invitation of the head of Poland, in Gdansk arrived presidents of Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, Ukraine, chairmen of parliaments of Spain and Latvia, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, the former head of Germany Horst Kohler, Deputy head of the Hungarian Parliament and the head of the Ministry of defense of France and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, ban Ki-moon and the head of the European Council Donald Tusk.
Westerplatte currently is a memorial complex immortalizing the memory of Polish soldiers who died in the beginning of the Second world war. In this place on 1 September 1939, at 04. 45 a.m. volleys German battleship "Schleswig-Holstein" was fired on the Polish garrison that was the beginning of the Second world war.
The heroic defense of 182 Defenders of the garrison under the command of major Henryk Sucharski became a symbol of Polish resistance to the Nazi invaders. In the Central part of Westerplatte is a symbolic cemetery of the Defenders of the garrison. In October 1966 there was a Monument to the Defenders of the Coast, dedicated to the victims of war and all the places where he killed Polish soldiers and sailors.
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