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Article: Poland and Russia still at odds on anniversary of World War II
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- September 2, 2009
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WORLD leaders and war veterans gathered in the Polish city of
Gdansk yesterday to mark 70 years since the outbreak of the Second
World War.
But while European leaders were mourning the destruction of
Poland following the invasion of both Nazi and Soviet armies, Russia
used the occasion to deny any responsibility for starting the war
and to accuse Poland of harbouring secret plans in the 1930s to
destroy the Soviet Union.
"Westerplatte is a symbol, a symbol of the heroic fight of the
weaker against the stronger," the Polish president, Lech Kaczynski,
said. "It is proof of patriotism and an unbreakable spirit. Glory to
the heroes of those days, glory to the heroes of Westerplatte, glory
to all ...