Bannock (food) Bannock (food) Bannock is a variety of flat quick bread or any large, round article baked or cooked from grain. A bannock is usually cut into sections before serving. The word "bannock" comes from Northern and Scots English dialects. The "Oxford English Dictionary" states the term stems from "panicium", a Latin word for "baked dough", or from "panis", meaning bread. It was first referred to as "bannuc" in early glosses to the 8th century author Aldhelm (d. 709), and its first cited definition in 1562. Its historic use was primarily in Ireland, Scotland and Northern England. The Scottish poet Robert
France–Poland relations 19, 1921 established cooperation between them. Starting with the Blue Army that aided France in World War I and the French Military Mission to Poland during the Polish–Soviet War (1919–1921), the Franco-Polish Military Alliance was signed in 1921 and continued until the German invasion of Poland. After Nazi Germany's invasion and occupation of Poland, a new Polish Army formed in France under the command of General Władysław Sikorski in late 1939. Polish units included the 1st Grenadiers Division, among others. However, Polish–French relations soured due to French unwillingness to aid Poland (the "Western betrayal"). After the fall of France in