I had some doubts if this story belong to WWII, but after a little consideration I'm sure that it will fit well!
I think that you may find it interesting that Poland is the only one country in the whole civilised world, which have Minister of Defence holding foreign passport...
Not mention that he is an old, well known agent of friendly intelligence agencies... Very friendly, indeed, British and American...
Where is a connection to WWII?
This fellow is a grandson of late General Wladyslaw Sikorski. Prime Minister of Polish Government in Exile, and CiC of Polish Armed Forces in the West.
Look at this "honest Polish face..."
Radosław (Radek) Sikorski (born February 23, 1963 in Bydgoszcz), is a conservative Polish politician, journalist and, as of 2006, the Minister of National Defence.
Sikorski was much involved in the Solidarity unrest in the late 1970s, and chaired the student strike committee in Bydgoszcz. Stranded in Britain when martial law was declared in his homeland in 1981, he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Pembroke College, University of Oxford. He then worked as a journalist. In 1984, he took British citizenship. In the mid-1980s, Sikorski worked as a war correspondent in Afghanistan.
(As much as I know about mid 80's and 'quick" British citizenships... clearly
MI6 assignment...
Returning to Poland, in 1992 he briefly became deputy defence minister in the Jan Olszewski government. From 1998 to 2001 he served as deputy minister of foreign affairs in the Jerzy Buzek government. From 2002 to 2005 he was a resident fellow of the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. and executive director of the New Atlantic Initiative. He returned to government in Poland as defense minister in 2005.
He is married to the American journalist and historian Anne Applebaum; they have two children, Alexander and Tadeusz.
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A few month ago the story of "US gulags", secret prisons for Al Quida members hidden somewhere in eastern Europe errupted.
(Just recently George W. Bush admitted that such facilities existed...)
Personally I cannot understand one thing...
Look at this:
"...expect a powerfully-worded condemnation of the CIA gulag. One of the Post's editorial board members is columnist Anne Applebaum, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning (nonfiction) book Gulag: A History.
If one of the secret CIA detention facilities turns out to be in Poland, Applebaum's response will be particularly interesting -- she lived for many years in Poland and is a powerful writer on the subject. What a shame if she recuses herself from writing because of a (possible) conflict-of-interest: Applebaum's husband, Radek Sikorski, a Polish politician who has been in and out of government for more than a decade, won a seat in the Polish Senate this past summer and was recently named Poland's new Defense Minister. "
From a bit "inside" sources I learned that our friend Radek is fond of 'mountain troops" - see them here on parade.
He is also credited with "fixing" supply of US Humvees for Polish Army.
Not mention, that his famous comparison of Russia-Germany deal to build the oil line on the Baltic shelf, bypassing Ukraine, Baltic States and Poland, to "Ribbentrop - Molotov Pact", somewhat contributed to freeezing of Polish - German relations, damaging already bad Polish - Russian...
Hey, he likes mountain troops.... maybe Poland will go now on Zaolzie like in 1938????
Let's talk!
Cheers,
Lancer44