The Polish Army defilement will begin on 15 August 2026 at 12 noon at Warsaw Wisłostrad. MON announces the participation of respective 1000 soldiers, land and air equipment and a sea parade in Gdynia. For Poles, it is simply a show of strength of the state, which must scare away, not ask for security.
Defiled on Wisłostrada
The Polish Army defilement will take place on Saturday, August 15 on the Warsaw Wisłostrad. The beginning is scheduled for 12 noon. The event is part of the central celebrations of the Polish Army, organized on the 106th anniversary of the Warsaw conflict under the motto "Poland SAFE – Safe Poland".
Ministry of Defence announcesthat even respective 1000 soldiers of all types of the Polish Armed Forces and the Allied Army will be active in the celebrations. On land, air and sea, equipment is to be shown, which in fresh years has become the axis of modernization of the military. It's not a camera decoration. This is simply a signal for citizens and opponents: Poland is to invest in its own shield.
Badgers, Abrams, Himarses and F-35
According to the MON on Wisłostrad, it will be possible to see, among another things, Borsuk combat wagons, Rosomak transporters, Leopard, K2 and Abrams tanks, Krab cannonhaubice, Cancer mortars, Gladius drones and Poprad, Himars and Patriot systems. Polish F-35 "Huszar", F-16 and Black Hawk, AW-149 and Apache helicopters are to appear in the air.
Such a list of equipment shows the scale of change, but besides the scale of responsibility. buying is important, but buying itself does not form an army. Trained crews, efficient service, ammunition, industrial facilities and national ability to keep equipment in the event of a long crisis are needed. Military sovereignty doesn't end with a parade. It starts erstwhile equipment can operate despite force and despite political outside blackmail.
Sea, Aviation and Memory 1920
Parade of the sea was planned in Gdynia at 11.30. MON reports that over 20 units of the Polish Navy and allied forces are to pass through the Baltic. The program besides includes military zones in the Warsaw Citadel and the Kościuszko Skwera in Gdynia, open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The central program besides has a spiritual and memorial dimension. MON celebration programme indicates, among others, the solemn mass of the Holy Mass for Homeland at 8.00 in the Polish Army Department, the change of the station before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and evening celebrations in Radzymin. The celebration of the Polish Army grows out of memory by 1920 erstwhile the Polish soldier stopped the Bolshevik march to the West. Without that memory, the defilement becomes just a show of machines.
State power is to service citizens
Warsawers gotta number on changes in movement. The city informed about the closures on Wisłostrad and the public transport tours, due to the fact that specified a large ceremony marks the organizational burden for the capital. It's the cost of a Christmas day, but it's worth knowing on the right scale. A strong army is not a fan of power. It is simply a life insurance policy for families, borders and economy.
The Polish right should look at the parade without complexes and without naivety. The pride of the uniform is needed. Similarly, the question of real capabilities is: how much equipment is ready, how much spare parts, how much can be produced or repaired in the country. The festival has 2 functions. It honors soldiers and reminds politicians that the safety of Poles is simply a work which must not be put off for quieter times.
Source: Radio Maryja
