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Did you ever thought we will become what we are?

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  • Neither polish paratroopers and the 1st armored division nor french army did surrender and fought for the entirety of the war.

    In fact, thanks to the French that fought street to street, the BEF was allowed a respite escaping Dunkirk.

    The Polish paratroopers fought some of the worse part of Operation Market Garden and thanks to them the 1st Airborne was able to escape. And, thanks to some very very stubborn Dutch partisans, eluded capture for a month and eventually escaped to fight again.













  • Oranges simbolize both that the portrait’s protagonist is a person of means, as this fruit was expensive and hard to come by.
    It also may reference winter, which might also connect with a later stage of life.

    Finally, it might be a nationalistic symbol, showing support for the house of Orange against the Spanish invasion.