Launching the General's book

To the Royal Castle today for the launch of Silent and Unseen, the English-language version of Stefan 'Starba' Bałuk's WWII autobiography, Byłem Cichociemnym. I've written about the book before; suffice to say that the event was a real success. There was a full-house audience, consisting of old soldiers honoured with the Virtuti Militari, Poland's highest military decoration, members of the special forces, who have taken on the traditions of the wartime Cichociemni, and guests, many of whom were Poles born in the UK. Above: General Bałuk, 96 (seated) shares a joke with a fellow holder of the Virtuti Militari.

The book is available in both language versions from the publishing house Askon.

More coverage (in Polish) on Warszawsky's blog.

Thanks to everyone who came!