Sikorsky's death in 1943
Sikorsky's death in 1943
I am curious to know the opinion of our Polish members about the plane crash that killed PM Sikorsky in 1943. Some people argue that he was murdered by rivaling Poles because he planned to reconcile with the Soviets. What do you think?
Best wishes,
Sven-Eric
Best wishes,
Sven-Eric
There a lot of different theories.
1) He could be assasinated by Soviets, because it were soviets which gained the most.
2) It could be assasinated by Churchill, because Sikorski became obstacle in good relationship between Soviets and Western allies
3) It could be murdered by rivals from Polish government-in-exile
The less probable is death from German hands, because they would gain the less.
1) He could be assasinated by Soviets, because it were soviets which gained the most.
2) It could be assasinated by Churchill, because Sikorski became obstacle in good relationship between Soviets and Western allies
3) It could be murdered by rivals from Polish government-in-exile
The less probable is death from German hands, because they would gain the less.
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Re: Sikorsky's death in 1943
If you can read Polish here you have an article about this theory. It's a interview with a man, who investigates this cause and the article is way too long for one person to translate it into English.Sven-Eric wrote:I am curious to know the opinion of our Polish members about the plane crash that killed PM Sikorsky in 1943. Some people argue that he was murdered by rivaling Poles because he planned to reconcile with the Soviets. What do you think?
Best wishes,
Sven-Eric
Main points of this article:
• some Poles wanted to kill Sikorski, because he planned to reconcile with the Soviets
• Polish intelligence cooperated with German intelligence during WW II as long as Admiral Wilhelm Canaris was a chief of the Abwehr
• Adm. Canaris was in opposition to Hitler and had very good contacts with some Polish high ranked officers
• the murder of Sikorski had to be planned by II Department of the Polish Intelligence in the cooperation with the Abwehr
I am not sure if I should believe in this theory or not, but the man who investigates this cause has very sensible arguments. I can add there are Poles who saw a body of Sikorski and gave contradictory evidence and the theory as above could not be presented during the Communism.
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Yes, it's true, but your hypothesis is less probable for me. Sikorski had enough enemies belong Poles. Since their main problem was Sikorski had been too eager to reconcile with Stalin, I doubt they got any Soviet help. As I wrote there were Poles, who gave contradictory evidences. It means some of the witnesses must lie. Baliszewski's inquiry was conducted just a few years ago (I mean not during the communism). Who do they try to cover up? Soviets/Russians? Do they still afraid somebody will arrive and kill them, because they would tell the truth?lukeo wrote:[...]USSR never had objections to kill troublemaking individuals.
I wouldn't be so fast saying that Sikorski was so willing to reconcile with Stalin, especially after beginning of 1943 when Russians raised demands for Polish eastern territories, and not to mention the reveal of Katyn massgraves!
In my opinion (not only mine - check David Irving) there were lots of people to gain from Sikorski's death. Russians, Britts, Sikorski's Polish opposition etc.
In my opinion (not only mine - check David Irving) there were lots of people to gain from Sikorski's death. Russians, Britts, Sikorski's Polish opposition etc.
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Hi Guys, two things puzzle me.
1.) General Stefan Rowecki was arrested by the Gestapo in Warsaw three day before Sikorski's death, after being in hiding since 1939.
2.) One of the immediate beneficiaries fo Sikorsky's death was General Sosnkowski, who took a much harder line against the Soviets than Sikorsky.
I've thought that Rowecki was closer in ideology to Sosnkowsky, but I'm by no means an expert (or even a "gifted amatuer") on this subject. My question is, could the two events, Rowecki's arrest and Sikorsky's death, be related?
Best,
David
1.) General Stefan Rowecki was arrested by the Gestapo in Warsaw three day before Sikorski's death, after being in hiding since 1939.
2.) One of the immediate beneficiaries fo Sikorsky's death was General Sosnkowski, who took a much harder line against the Soviets than Sikorsky.
I've thought that Rowecki was closer in ideology to Sosnkowsky, but I'm by no means an expert (or even a "gifted amatuer") on this subject. My question is, could the two events, Rowecki's arrest and Sikorsky's death, be related?
Best,
David
After the war, the Soviets killed even some Hungarian anti-Nazi resistance fighters on some pretexts, who had seen documents on the Katyn massacre and fled to the Soviet side to conceal their crime. They were keen on concealing the Katyn massacre. Considering this, Soviet involvement in Sikorski's death is quite possible.lukeo wrote:But probably the most possible version is that, which involves Soviets. USSR never had objections to kill troublemaking individuals.
Maybe his aircraft just had engine failure and crashed into the sea. The simplest answer is usually the most straight foreward, just like Wingate's plane that crashed in Burma. No one is suggesting any conspiracy theories there, so why do we have to go through all these theories with sikorsky? Air crashes happen all the time, even more so 60 years ago.
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