Polish resistance can refer to various resistance movements of the Polish people against foreign invaders, occupiers or puppet governments:
Read more about Polish Resistance: 1569–1795, 1795–1918, 1918–1939, 1939–1945, 1945–1989
Famous quotes containing the words polish and/or resistance:
“The total and universal want of manners, both in males and females, is ... remarkable ... that polish which removes the coarser and rougher parts of our nature is unknown and undreamed of.”
—Frances Trollope (1780–1863)
“It is not the first duty of the novelist to provide blueprints for insurrection, or uplifting tales of successful resistance for the benefit of the opposition. The naming of what is there is what is important.”
—Ian McEwan (b. 1938)