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Polish army and navy officers on parade on Navy Day in front of the ORP Błyskawica Ship Museum in Gdynia, Poland, on Nov. 28, 2024. Polish Ministry of Defense/Flickr
Poland prides itself on being the only nation to have conquered Moscow and not retreated—in the early 17th century—but in more recent years the boot has been on the other foot, and Poles have seen Russia as an existential threat to their independence.