News clips from 1945

Browsing the Times Archive at the London Library, I thought it would be interesting to see the original clippings on how the end of WWII was reported in British newspapers.

Polish pilots in the Battle of Britain

Polish pilots played a important role in the Battle of Britain.  Before the Americans' entered the European war, the Poles were flying British Spitfires with small "Poland" insignia's on their fuselages.

The US Air Force brought in a much bigger force, their own planes and pilots.  After that, Polish contribution was mostly forgotten.  These planes are at the Duxford airport and museum where one can buy a ticket and fly in one.

Fort Ross

One of the amazing and interesting chapters in California history is Fort Ross, located north of San Francisco, this fort was built by the Russian fur traders to supply food to Alaska.  When the fort was is use by the Russian traders, they did not have the same goal of colonization and converting the local population as the Spanish did with their Missions.  For this reason, not many people know about its existence.

The Russian River, located between Fort Ross and San Francisco was the unofficial border between the Spanish and Russian traders.

Russian supplies

Supplies from the Chinese traders

Workshop

Gdansk

Before starting Uni in Gdansk, I decided to visit the city as a tourist, just to see it from the outside.  Gdansk is rich in history and quite amazing to study and explore.