In the center of the Polish capital, on Aleje Jerozolimskie (Jerusalem Avenue), there is a center that shows the long military history of that country.<\/p>\n
The Museum of the Polish Army was opened on April 22, 1920<\/strong> by the then Head of State of Poland, J\u00f3zef Pi\u0142sudski, a few months before Poland defeated Bolshevik Russia in the decisive Battle of Warsaw<\/a>, during the Polish-Soviet War. At that time it was called the Army Museum. In 1939 it was looted by the Germans<\/strong>, who ended up using its facilities as warehouses for the Waffen SS.<\/p>\n In 1944 the center was renamed the Museum of the Polish Army, reopening its doors in January 1946<\/strong>, at a time when Warsaw was experiencing a difficult reconstruction, after having been razed by the Germans after the defeat from the Uprising of 1944 led by the Polish resistance<\/a>.<\/p>\n Currently the museum is in the process of being transferred to the Warsaw Citadel, on the banks of the Vistula River<\/strong>. Its contents range from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Two weeks ago, the American YouTube channel Forgotten Weapons<\/a> published a short video tour of this museum, showing some of its rooms<\/strong> (some were no longer available due to the relocation process):<\/p>\n
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