Tag: Bielski

Mark Bielski’s book Sons of the White Eagle is out!

Sons of the White Eagle in the American Civil War: Divided Poles in a Divided Nation has been released. Mark’s book tells the fascinating story of nine transplanted Poles who participated in the Civil War, who span three generations and are connected by culture, nationality and adherence to their principles and ideals.

Preparing for Operation Overlord

When British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt met with Josef Stalin in Tehran in November 1943, the Soviet leader expressed his anxiety and asked them who is going to command the D-Day invasion? When they replied that they had not yet chosen, he didn’t take them seriously. “If you don’t have a commander, you don’t have an invasion.”