


John Radzilowski
ww2dbaseA professor at the University of Alaska Southeast, John is the author or co-author of many books including Community of Strangers, A Traveller's History of Poland, and The Eagle and the Cross. In 1998, he received the Cavalier's Cross of the Order of Merit from the President of the Republic of Poland.
Latest Contributions
Person: Francis Gabreski | 3 Mar 2021 |
Ship: Stephen Hopkins | 24 Feb 2021 |
Person: Krystyna Skarbek | 22 Mar 2017 |
Event: Operation Kutschera | 24 Dec 2016 |
Book Review: At War on the Gothic Line: Fighting in Italy, 1944-45 | 12 Oct 2016 |
Other: Wojtek the Soldier Bear | 15 Apr 2016 |
Person: Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz | 11 Apr 2016 |
Person: Matthew Urban | 6 Apr 2016 |
Book Review: No Greater Ally | 17 Apr 2012 |
Event: Invasion of Poland | 23 Jul 2006 |
Person: Stanislaw Maczek | 4 Feb 2006 |
Event: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising | 1 Feb 2006 |
Event: Warsaw Uprising | 31 Jan 2006 |
Event: Katyn Massacre and Related Atrocities | 29 Jan 2006 |
Person: Władysław Sikorski | 21 Dec 2005 |
Ship: Orzel | 11 Nov 2005 |
Photographs/Maps Contributions
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Timeline Contributions
John Radzilowski has also contributed 20 entries in the WW2 Timeline. A small sample of his timeline contributions is shown below.» 8 Jul 1951: Francis Gabreski, flying an F-86 fighter, scored his first aerial victory in a jet fighter in Korea, shooting down a North Korean MiG-15 fighter.» 24 Aug 1943: Francis Gabreski scored his first aerial victory over Dreux, France, shooting down a German Fw 190 aircraft.
» 4 Mar 1995: Matthew Urban passed away following complications from his war wounds.
» 25 Aug 1919: Matthew Urbanowicz was born in Buffalo, New York, United States.
» 15 Aug 1944: Matthew Urban was wounded in combat in France.
» 31 Jan 2002: Francis Gabreski passed away from a heart attack at the Huntington Hospital in Huntington, New York, United States.
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