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The Battle of Vileyka, 1915

April 20, 2018

The Siege of Leningrad and the Battles for Moscow and Stalingrad in World War Two (WWII) are well documented, but very little, certainly in the West, has been written about the Eastern Front during World War One (WWI). Apart from the crushing blows to the Tsar’s Imperial Russian Army at Tannenberg, the Masurian Lakes and … More The Battle of Vileyka, 1915

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From Manchester to Belarus

April 5, 2018

I was born in Manchester and have lived and worked here all my life. I’m proud to be a Mancunian. I love it when people ask me where I’m from and I can say Manchester. But my surname clearly isn’t local. My mum was from Salford but my dad, who died in 1994 was Polish. … More From Manchester to Belarus

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UPCOMING EVENTS

  • TALK: The Last Coal Miner June 7, 2022 Compstall Memories Group
  • TALK: The Bombing of New Mills & Hayfield June 9, 2022 Glossop U3A
  • TALK: The bombing of New Mills & Hayfield June 21, 2022 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Marple Bridge & Mellor U3A
  • TALK: TALK: The bombing of New Mills & Hayfield July 1, 2022 at 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Low Leighton Methodist Church, 167 High Hill Rd, New Mills, High Peak SK22 4HG, UK
  • TALK: The Bombing of New Mills & Hayfield July 4, 2022 at 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Disley Community Centre, off Buxton Old Rd, Disley, Cheshire, Stockport SK12 2BB, UK
  • TALK: The High Peak Dambusters July 14, 2022 at 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Avro Heritage Museum, Chester Rd, Woodford, Stockport SK7 1QS, UK
  • TALK: The Last Coal Miner July 28, 2022 The Forum Theatre, The Precinct, Compstall Rd, Romiley, Stockport SK6 4EA, UK Romiley U3A
  • TALK: The High Peak Dambuster August 7, 2022 at 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Leeds Bradford Airport, Whitehouse Ln, Yeadon, Leeds LS19 7TU, UK
  • TALK: tbc September 21, 2022 at 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm High Lane Village Hall, Windlehurst Rd, High Lane, Stockport SK6 8AB, UK
  • TALK: The High Peak Dambuster October 11, 2022 at 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Glossop Guild https://www.glossopguild.org/

The books below can be obtained from the link or by emailing books@pleszak.com

** NEW BOOK ** The High Peak Dambuster

** BOOK ** Two Years in a Gulag

** BOOK ** Townscliffe Golf Club

** BOOK ** The bombing of New Mills and Hayfield 3 July 1942

** BOOK ** The Battle of Vileyka


Recent Posts

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  • Mellor History Maps
  • THE HIGH PEAK DAMBUSTER
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  • The day a Lincoln bombed a Lancaster, and a Meteor shot a Meteor shooting a Lincoln
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  • MELLOR – A TALE OF THREE GOLF CLUBS
  • Mellor Church: Poems & Paintings
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  • What happened to the Lancasters used on the Dambuster Raid?
  • From Manchester to Lincoln via Lancaster – An aviation aristocracy family tree
  • Manchester’s Avro Aviation Heritage reminders
  • Notifications
  • Rolls-Royce Derby birthplace of the Merlin
  • First-hand account of when eastern Poland became western Belarus. October 1939
  • Architectural marvel or hideous eyesore: Sluice Leśniewo Górne?
  • Little known battles on the Eastern Front and the consequences of WW1 for Poland
  • Useful Resources for Polish 2 Corps information
  • Training for the Dakar Rally in Manchester
  • The line from Derby to the Taj Mahal that divided Poland
  • Mach Loop – Low flying jets at their very best
  • Testing and training for the Dambuster Raids – what’s left to see?
  • What is Honey?
  • Derbyshire’s High Peak link to the most famous WW2 Battle of Britain fighter squadron

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