Shot on: August 15, 2023
Location: Warsaw, Poland
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About this episode:
In this episode, I set out to get a look at Poland's largest military parade since the Cold War era. After arriving in Warsaw just three nights ago, I was stunned to see military aircraft jetting through the afternoon skies and lines of tanks rolling through the city streets at night.
Luckily, this heavy military presence wasn't due to a possible invasion. Because the following Tuesday was Poland's Armed Forces Day, the tanks were merely performing a midnight practice run. After seeing the tanks up close at night, I now wanted to see them during the day.
Despite my efforts, everything went wrong. I found a spot in the front and waited for the military parade to begin, with temperatures at a steady 35° C (95° F). The sun's rays baked all of us spectators as speeches droned on for nearly an hour. Once the Polish military parade commenced, I was distraught to find I was on the wrong side of the boulevard.
Looking for a better vantage point to view the parade I failed again. I found myself in Warsaw's Old Town. Exhausted and dehydrated, I ended this episode after finally finding a water pump in the middle of Warsaw's Old Town Square.
Background:
August 15 is a national holiday in Poland called Polish Army Day or Feast of the Polish Armed Forces. It commemorates the Battle of Warsaw, where the Polish defended Warsaw from Russian Soviet forces in 1920 during the Polish-Soviet War. Polish Army Day features a military parade, remembrances by all branches and equipment reviews and showcases. The holiday was prohibited during the communist era from 1947 until 1992.
The Polish military parade of 2023 is Poland’s largest military parade since the Cold War era. It began with a speech from Polish President Andrzej Duda and featured top military equipment, including:
- U.S. Abrams tanks
- HIMARS mobile artillery systems
- Patriot missile systems
- F-16 fighter planes
- South Korean FA-50 fighters
- K9 howitzers
- U.S. Air Force F-35
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