Military parade on Monday as part of Armed Forces Day

On Monday Poland celebrated armed Forces Day, which included a military parade on Monday in Warsaw, attended by top officials. The day also marked also the 96th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw, which stopped Bolsheviks from spreading across Europe. “Today, Poland also has its army and soldiers, all of whom we are proud of. […]. Today, we are a member of the community, a large, international security community,” the president said, referring to NATO, and praising soldiers for their work at the recent NATO Summit and World Youth Days. As a part NATO expansion, an American battalion will arrive in Poland in April 2017, said general Ben Hodges, head of the US Army in Europe. In May, Polish Minister of National Defense, Antoni Macierewicz, earlier confirmed a growing presence of the Treaty in the Baltics.