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Troops march on Armed Forces Day

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Peter Gentle 15.08.2013 15:52
Poland celebrated 'Polish Armed Forces Day', Thursday, with parades and ceremonies in the capital in memory of an historic victory over the Red Army in the 1920 Battle of Warsaw.

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photos: PAP Jakub Kamiński

15 August is also the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a national holiday in Poland.

Members of Poland's armed forces, some dressed in period uniform dating back to 1920 - when Poland won a noted victory over forces of the Soviet Union, known as the 'Miracle of the Vistula' – marched through the centre of the city, accompanied by tanks and other military vehicles.

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Earlier President Bronislaw Komorowski took part in a mass at Warsaw's Church of Our Lady Queen of the Polish Crown, the field cathedral of the Polish army.

Komorowski then lead a ceremony at the Presidential Palace, where colonels were promoted to the rank of general.

The pageantry continued with a ceremony at midday on Pilsudski Square, by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. (pg)

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