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Bolesław Ostrowski (right) took part in the Allied military’s Operation Market Garden. Photos: Ostrowski family archives via Nie Zapomnij O Nas, Powstańcach Warszawskich Facebook page; public domain

Last Polish soldier who fought in doomed WWII airborne assault dies, aged 105

The last Polish soldier to take part in Operation Market Garden, one of the largest airborne operations of WWII, has died in Canada at the age of 105.