Polish Army, a source of pride for Poland in the midst of floods

In recent days, Poland has suffered historic flooding, which has particularly affected the southwestern part of the country.

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Due to the rains from Storm Boris, several rivers in the country have overflowed, causing severe flooding. The water has destroyed bridges and dams and inundated entire villages, leaving several dead and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people.

The Polish Army has mobilised more than 20,000 soldiers from several branches (Ground Forces, Air Force, Navy, Special Forces and Territorial Defence Force) to help the affected people. Polish soldiers have helped in a number of ways: rescuing trapped people by air and land, evacuating people from flooded villages, providing humanitarian aid, creating barriers to prevent the passage of water, etc.

This natural disaster has particularly demonstrated the importance of the Territorial Defence Force (WOT), which was established in 2017 and serves a similar purpose to the US National Guard. The WOT soldiers, easily identifiable by their brown berets and rogatywkas (traditional Polish diamond-shaped caps), have proven their worth in the face of this tragedy, and have confirmed how necessary a good defence culture is for a country, not only in times of war, but also in times of peace.

Poland has always had reason to be proud of its Army, which over the centuries has seen such glorious events as the defeat of the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald (1410), the charge of the Winged Hussars at the Siege of Vienna in 1683, the Bolshevik defeat at the Battle of Warsaw in 1920, or the resistance against Nazi Germany in the Second World War. Once again, Poland has reason to be proud of its Army, of the men and women who contribute to its defence day after day.

You can see here two videos published by the Polish military newspaper Polska Zbrojna showing the mobilization of the Polish Army in the wake of these floods:

Finally, you can see here a series of photos of this deployment of the Polish Army that have been published by the Polish Ministry of National Defence:

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Main photo: Piotr Gubernat / Combat Camera Poland.