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The Case of the Second Polish Army Corps and Its Veterans Who Made Calgary, Alberta, Canada Their Home after They Finished Farm Work Contracts in the Late 1940s – Part I
Aldona Jaworska
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This article examines aspects of World War II and postwar political and economic factors, as well as immigration policies, that influenced the situ- ation of the Polish 2nd Army Corps and its Lieutenant-General Władysław Anders. It examines diplomatic documents and relations between the Soviet Union, the United States of America, Great Britain, Poland, and Canada. It also draws on press, biographical sources, and firsthand accounts from interviews with Polish war veterans in Calgary, conducted for my Master’s degrees in Communication and Culture and Drama, and for my 2019 book, “Polish War Veterans in Alberta: Four Recent Stories”. At the core of this article are three issues: Rewriting History in Poland after World War II to Conform to the Pro-Soviet Narrative and its Impact on the Second Polish Army Corps. Part two, Post-War Geopolitical Make-Up of Europe, and the Anders Army and part three, After the War: Starting a New Life in Canada, which will be published in a future issue of this journal.
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