Ryan Reynolds

That was the mayor of Warsaw, Stefan Starzynski, who was broadcasting to the people of the Polish capital on the 23rd of September, 1939. It is one of the most famous speeches in Polish history. And even in translation, it is, I mean, unbelievably moving and powerful. And all the more so, Dominic, because, of course, you can tell what the context for this is by his description.

That was the mayor of Warsaw, Stefan Starzynski, who was broadcasting to the people of the Polish capital on the 23rd of September, 1939. It is one of the most famous speeches in Polish history. And even in translation, it is, I mean, unbelievably moving and powerful. And all the more so, Dominic, because, of course, you can tell what the context for this is by his description.

That was the mayor of Warsaw, Stefan Starzynski, who was broadcasting to the people of the Polish capital on the 23rd of September, 1939. It is one of the most famous speeches in Polish history. And even in translation, it is, I mean, unbelievably moving and powerful. And all the more so, Dominic, because, of course, you can tell what the context for this is by his description.

Warsaw is under attack. It's being pounded by German artillery. You've got the Luftwaffe carpet bombing it from the skies. Thousands of civilians dead, fires blazing out of control, much of the city in ruins. And that great...

Warsaw is under attack. It's being pounded by German artillery. You've got the Luftwaffe carpet bombing it from the skies. Thousands of civilians dead, fires blazing out of control, much of the city in ruins. And that great...

Warsaw is under attack. It's being pounded by German artillery. You've got the Luftwaffe carpet bombing it from the skies. Thousands of civilians dead, fires blazing out of control, much of the city in ruins. And that great...

owed I guess to this sense of the invincible spirit of the Polish people but goodness I mean the invincible spirit of the Polish people has to go through a lot in this episode and has to go through a lot in the years that will follow the events of this episode because we are talking about the Nazi invasion and conquest of Poland

owed I guess to this sense of the invincible spirit of the Polish people but goodness I mean the invincible spirit of the Polish people has to go through a lot in this episode and has to go through a lot in the years that will follow the events of this episode because we are talking about the Nazi invasion and conquest of Poland

owed I guess to this sense of the invincible spirit of the Polish people but goodness I mean the invincible spirit of the Polish people has to go through a lot in this episode and has to go through a lot in the years that will follow the events of this episode because we are talking about the Nazi invasion and conquest of Poland

Because the gallantry of it, the nobility of it, of that scene, I mean, it blazes all the brighter, doesn't it, for the near universal darkness that effectively is the rest of this invasion.

Because the gallantry of it, the nobility of it, of that scene, I mean, it blazes all the brighter, doesn't it, for the near universal darkness that effectively is the rest of this invasion.

Because the gallantry of it, the nobility of it, of that scene, I mean, it blazes all the brighter, doesn't it, for the near universal darkness that effectively is the rest of this invasion.

So they're not soldiers, they're not in uniform. No.

So they're not soldiers, they're not in uniform. No.

So they're not soldiers, they're not in uniform. No.

And again, it's a reminder, isn't it, of how, in so many ways, how distant this war is. Because now communications are so instantaneous. The fact that you have to have a journalist on the frontier holding a telephone out to inform the British Embassy of what's happening just seems incomprehensible. It does. Yeah, absolutely.

And again, it's a reminder, isn't it, of how, in so many ways, how distant this war is. Because now communications are so instantaneous. The fact that you have to have a journalist on the frontier holding a telephone out to inform the British Embassy of what's happening just seems incomprehensible. It does. Yeah, absolutely.

And again, it's a reminder, isn't it, of how, in so many ways, how distant this war is. Because now communications are so instantaneous. The fact that you have to have a journalist on the frontier holding a telephone out to inform the British Embassy of what's happening just seems incomprehensible. It does. Yeah, absolutely.

But there aren't that many of them and they don't have many planes. Again, I mean, I know that I keep going on about this, but it seems bizarre that the country with the impregnable defences, i.e. Czechoslovakia, gives them up and Poland that has no defences at all fights.

But there aren't that many of them and they don't have many planes. Again, I mean, I know that I keep going on about this, but it seems bizarre that the country with the impregnable defences, i.e. Czechoslovakia, gives them up and Poland that has no defences at all fights.