The Polish Banner at the Airborne Museum Hartenstein
In a glass case at the Airborne Museum Hartenstein in Oosterbeek sits the regimental banner of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade. It was smuggled out of occupied Warsaw and carried to Britain, where the brigade formed and trained. It is now the centrepiece of a temporary exhibition on Sosabowski, on view until 3 January 2027, which examines the brigade's part in Operation Market Garden and the defence of the Oosterbeek perimeter. Major General Stanisław Sosabowski raised the brigade with one purpose: to drop into occupied Poland and fight for its liberation. Instead, in September 1944, his men were committed…