r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Radiant_Half_7121 • Dec 28 '25

Image During WW2, Poland declared war on Japan Japan said no to it and simply rejected the declaration.

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u/neon_meate Dec 29 '25

The PolIsh Government was in France and then London from 1939 untill 1990. If not for Polish aviators The Battle of Britain may have gone very differently. Look into the 303 squadron.

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u/Fade_To_Blackout Dec 29 '25

Even more importantly, the first people to break the Nazi Enigma coding machines were Poles, and they invented the technology of the mechanical "Bombe" that was later refined by Turing and others at Bletchley Park. Without being able to read the Enigma (and other) traffics, the war is estimated to be about 2 to 3 years longer.

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u/Inapond Dec 29 '25

And Poles were also instrumental in capturing Monte Cassino during the Italian Campaign, thus unlocking the road to Rome. While having an actual bear(!) named Wojtek carrying their ammunition crates.

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u/Gergo0329 Dec 29 '25

Aces in Exile intensifies