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English: After a voyage from Poland, right before the German invasion (operation "Peking"), three Polish destroyers Blyskawica, Grom and Burza passed under the famous bridge on the Firth of Forth on September 1, 1939. Photo shows Grom or Blyskawica
Polski: Po długiej podróży z Polski niszczyciele "Burza", "Błyskawica" i "Grom" wchodzą do Firth of Forth 1 września 1939, w wykonaniu planu Pekin. Zdjęcie wykonane na Gromie lub Błyskawicy.
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Source Jerzy Pertek "Wielkie dni małej floty" (The Fine Days of a Little Fleet) Warszawa 1976 za: Polish Government in Exile.Ministry of Information War Photo Service, Paris-London 1939 Press released by Polish Government 1940.
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This photograph is in the public domain because according to the Art. 3 of copyright law of March 29, 1926 of the Republic of Poland and Art. 2 of copyright law of July 10, 1952 of the People's Republic of Poland, all photographs by Polish photographers (or published for the first time in Poland or simultaneously in Poland and abroad) published without a clear copyright notice before the law was changed on May 23, 1994 are assumed to be in the public domain in Poland.

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current03:51, 10 August 2006Thumbnail for version as of 03:51, 10 August 2006921 × 588 (152 KB)Belissarius (talk | contribs)After the hazardous voyage from Poland three Polish destroyers Blyskawica, Grom and Burza passed under the famous bridge on the Firth of Forth on September 1, 1939. Republic of Poland, Ministry of Information War Photo Service, Paris-London 1939. Press r

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