Which Polish leader was killed in a plane crash in Gibraltar in 1943?
1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash 1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash The 1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash resulted in the death of an estimated sixteen people, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile. Sikorski's Liberator II crashed off Gibraltar almost immediately after takeoff, with the plane's pilot being the only survivor. While the crash was ruled as an accident, several conspiracy theories continue to persist. The crash marked a turning point for the Polish influence on their Anglo-American allies. The relationship between the Soviet Union and Poland was tenuous at best during World War II for a
Polish government-in-exile killed in an air crash at Gibraltar in July 1943. He was succeeded as head of the Polish government in exile by Stanisław Mikołajczyk. During 1943 and 1944, the Allied leaders, particularly Winston Churchill, tried to bring about a resumption of talks between Stalin and the Polish government in exile. But these efforts broke down over several matters. One was the Katyń massacre (and others at Kalinin and Kharkiv). Another was Poland's postwar borders. Stalin insisted that the territories annexed by the Soviets in 1939, which had millions of Poles in addition to Ukrainian and Belarusian populations, should remain in