Wojtek Academy

Wojtek's Emblem

Wojtek Academy ( ヴォイテクアカデミー, Vu~oiteku Akademī ) is one of the schools in Panzer aber Alternativ. Considered as a Minor School.

## Overview

* Wojtek's Flag
* Wojtek's Senshado Insignia
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Located in the small town of Okinoshima, Shimane Prefecture. With the population of almost 14 thousand, it is a relative peace and quiet place. The place is also the twin-town of Krotoszyn, an urban-rural *gmina* in Poland.

Known for its Polish-styled cuisines or ***à la polonaise***. Such as the *Bigos, Pierogi*, *Kielbasa, Cucumber soup, Rosół, Zapiekanka*, and their iconic sauce, the *Wojtek-styled Polonaise sauce*.

Wojtek Academy is an Agricultural-focused School with unique quirks, such as the students can use the Polish złoty (Polish currency), the absurd amount of Railways within the vicinity, and half of its area are designated for farming as well as manufacturing Agricultural equipment and machinery (Which the latter was sponsored by the Mitsubishi Agricultural Machinery and Ursus SA).

## History

The Japan-Poland relations begun during the start of the 20th century, a time where both Japan and Poland hated Russia.

During this time, the Japanese praised the Poles for their heroism and honor, so much so that a well-known Japanese writer *Nitobe Inazō* dedicated his book *Bushido: The Soul of Japan* to the Polish nation, indicating that it was a "samurai" nation.

During Bolshevik rule in Russia, the Japanese government undertook a rescue operation to help Polish children deported to Siberia. Japanese ships transported Polish children to Tokyo, where the Japanese Red Cross gave them protection and then helped them return to Poland. Those survivors who returned to Poland would eventually sponsored the constructions of both Polish-themed schools, Bonple High School in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, and Wojtek Academy in Okinoshima, Shimane Prefecture.

After Poland regained its independence in November 1918, both Japan and Poland established diplomatic relations by March 22, 1919, thus only increased their growing "friendship", so much so that they even formed a silent alliance against the Soviet Union and agreed upon sharing intelligence they obtained. Special training then ensued from the Polish Spies to the Japanese at the Shimane Prefecture, specifically at the Island of Dōgo in the Oki District, where the reason they picked the island is because it proves as a viable point of taking stops from Japan's protectorate Manchuko to mainland Japan.

Even during the Second World War where Poland and Japan at opposite sides, the Japanese continued their military co-operation with the Polish in the shadows, their military cooperation was so close that the Japanese ambassador was one of the people involved in the smuggling of a Polish flag made for the London-based Polish Air Squadron (No. 303 Squadron RAF). Despite being allied with the Germans during the War, the Japanese actively supported the Polish Government-in-exile and Japanese Agents in Europe even continued their support to the Polish struggle for freedom as far as the Japanese interests went, and sheltered Polish-Jewish refugees fleeing occupation from both the German and Soviet forces, though at first it was done without proper authorization thus it makes it Illegal under the Imperial government. But with the efforts of Diplomat Chiune Sugihara, they gained full approval and legality and even assistance from the Government.

Even after the war, the Polish that the Japanese helped which have the chance to return back to their home-country instead stayed in Japan for the sake of repaying their debt out of kindness. But some of them stayed in Japan due to the reason of Poland being a communist state under the influence of the Soviet Union.

Japan still continued their relations with the Soviet-controlled Poland, but it was a slow and gradual rate of improvement between these two countries as restraints became a hurdle to both of them, but as soon Poland regained its freedom from the Soviets in 1990, this gradual rate slowly increases as the year passes by.

Immediately after the country regained its freedom, the Japanese Government helped the Polish to rebuild its former glory, in return the Polish Government happily allowed its Polish citizens to stay in Japan, and even allowed them to build a school for their Japanese friends and Polish citizens at the country.

Since there was already the establishment of Bonple High School in the Fukui Prefecture, the next Polish-themed School was to be located at the island of Dogo, which history showed their relationship at the island, and thus with the help of the former Polish citizens in the area, the Polish Government, and the Japanese Government, they constructed the School of Wojtek Academy in the heart of the town of Saigo (which is now Okinoshima). The name they picked is the "Wojtek", a talented bear that proved himself worthy during WW2 under the Polish Army.

The School was established in 1992, 73 years of good relations between the two nations.

During the start of the 21st century, the School became viable to "Maritime Exploration" and thus they commissioned a School-Ship for them to use, under the contract of Japan Marine United and Gdańsk Shipyard, the School-ship or School-submarine they constructed was the *Orzel* class submarine of the Polish Navy. In 1997, the School-Sub of the Orzel was commissioned at Kure, Hiroshima but her home port would later be at the port of Saigō in Okinoshima.

## School-Ship

Wojtek's School-Ship is a School-Sub, a much smaller School-ship than a School-Carrier and a School-Cruiser. Their School-Sub is based and designed from a World War II Submarine in Polish Navy, the *ORP* (Okręt Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, "Vessel of the Republic of Poland") *Orzel*. A Submarine famously known for its daring escape in Estonia, the "Orzel incident".

## Panzerkraft

Wotjek's Senshado team is called the "Wotjek 1st Armored Team", often nicknamed as the "Black Hussars", derived from their black uniforms and their Senshado Logo.

## Trivia

* Wojtek has their own themed-music and these are:
	1. *Oj Siadaj Siadaj*
	2. *Sto Lat*
	3. *Oi šermukšnio*
	4. *Hej Sokoly* - ( Instruments only )
* Wotjek Students also participated *Naginatadou*, a sport-like Senshado that is about Horseback riding with a Japanese pole weapon called a *Naginata.*
* Their school mascot is a Brown Bear named Voytek.

## Gallery

Wojtek Academy's FlagWotjek Academy's EmblemWojtek's "Black Hussars" Insignia