'I still remember everything. When they sing the Polish national anthem then I get tears in my eyes. Because finally we are in a free Poland.'
WROCLAW, Poland - Wanda Kialka was 17 when a friend suggested she join a military training camp for women outside Vilnius, then a part of Poland, as a way of preparing for something both hoped would never come - another war.
She had grown up hearing stories from her school teachers about their struggles during World War One. Moved and inspired by their bravery she decided to train for a potential conflict. Kialka was part of an organisation called Female Military Training , designed to train thousands of women to provide support services to the army.
Weeks after Nazi Germany attacked Poland's western border, the Soviets attacked Vilnius as part of an assault from the east on the country. After Germany and the Soviet Union later declared war on each other in 1941, the Germans captured Vilnius. Kialka remembers treating an unconscious man with blood trickling from his mouth as bullets were flying, as she and others tried to escape Soviet troops.
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