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 The "Brave Lads" unit marching in front of city centre printers.

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Photo taking in the battle for the Holy Cross Church it's facade was blown up by mines.

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The Warsaw Uprising - The Unstoppable Spirit of the Polish Resistance - Extra History

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An explosion in the Prudential building that was caused by a 2-ton mortar shell.

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An armored German transporter that was captured by the insurgents.

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A photo of a wedding that happened during the uprising.

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Heinrich Himmler said, "The city must completely disappear from the surface of the earth and serve only as a transport station for the Wehrmacht.

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A history of the Polish underground’s heroic and tragic 63-day struggle to liberate World War 2 Warsaw from German occupation told through photos, movie clips, eyewitness accounts, documents, timeline, maps, and songs.

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Song that they sang during the Warsaw Uprising

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Song that they sang during the Warsaw Uprising

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Translation

Onward, to battle, soldiers Polish Underground! For arms! Divine power protects us. The bell is calling you to battle. The hour of vengeance strikes for us, For crimes, torment and blood. To arms! Jesus with Mary! A soldier calls us. The aurora of freedom is burning Over Poland of the coming years. Our power will be overwhelmed by violence, A new world is being born today. The hour of vengeance strikes for us For crimes, torment and blood. To arms! Jesus with Mary! A soldier calls us.

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Naprzód do boju żołnierze - Mój śpiewnik POWSTAŃCZY

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"All of us, we deserve to survive". -Max Von Sydow

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Warsaw Uprising, (August-October 1944), insurrection in Warsaw during World War II by which Poles unsuccessfully tried to oust the German army and seize control of the city before it was occupied by the advancing Soviet army. The uprising's failure allowed the pro-Soviet Polish administration, rather than the Polish government-in-exile in London, to gain control of Poland.

As the Red Army approached Warsaw (July 29-30, 1944), Soviet authorities, promising aid, encouraged the Polish underground there to stage an uprising against the Germans. However, the Polish underground, known as the Home Army, was anxious because the Soviet Union had already assumed direct control of eastern Poland and had sponsored the formation of the Polish Committee of National Liberation to administer the remainder of Soviet-occupied Polish territory. Hoping to gain control of Warsaw before the Red Army could "liberate" it, the Home Army followed the Soviet suggestion to revolt.

Commanded by General Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, the Warsaw corps of 50,000 troops attacked the relatively weak German force on August 1 and within three days gained control of most of the city. The Germans sent in reinforcements, however, and forced the Poles into a defensive position, bombarding them with air and artillery attacks for the next 63 days.

Meanwhile, the Red Army, which had been detained during the first days of the insurrection by a German assault, occupied a position at Praga, a suburb across the Vistula River from Warsaw, and remained idle. In addition, the Soviet government refused to allow the western Allies to use Soviet air bases to airlift supplies to the beleaguered Poles.

Without Allied support, the Home Army split into small, disconnected units and was forced to surrender when its supplies gave out (October 2). Bór-Komorowski and his forces were taken prisoner, and the Germans then systematically deported the remainder of the city's population and destroyed the city itself.

By allowing the Germans to suppress the Warsaw Uprising, the Soviet authorities also allowed them to eliminate the main body of the military organization that supported the Polish government-in-exile in London. Consequently, when the Soviet army occupied all of Poland, there was little effective organized resistance to its establishing Soviet political domination over the country and imposing the communist-led Provisional Government of Poland (Jan. 1, 1945).

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Warsaw Uprising, (August-October 1944), insurrection in Warsaw during World War II by which Poles unsuccessfully tried to oust the German army and seize control of the city before it was occupied by the advancing Soviet army. The uprising's failure allowed the pro-Soviet Polish administration,

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This is the flag of the resistance fighters during the Warsaw uprising. It is the literal symbol of the rebellion, it's the troops' flag.

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Red = Website | Blue = Photo | Purple = Quote | Green = Text Box | Black = Symbol

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The Warsaw Uprising lasted from August 1, 1944 to October 2, 1944

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They ultimately failed because they were not able to link up and when places were barricaded they were separated and fighting miniature wars. When the bombing started they could not do anything and they did not have the help of Russian air support. They were able to capture things like the Power and Water plants, several important production facilities, and the gasworks. Unfortunately, they were unable to capture crucial places like bridges, rail lines, airports, and main police stations. This also was a big factor in the failing of the operation.

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At one point the Nazis used Polish women as shields in front of tanks. It turned to a stalemate and the Polish withdrew threw the sewers.

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Their strongest battalions were called grey ranks and were made up of Boy Scouts. They were better trained, better disciplined, and better organized than most other volunteers. Younger members were couriers while Girl Scouts were nurses, combat medics, and munitions haulers. They took an oath to protect the secrets of the resistance, follow orders, and sacrifice their lives. Older scouts were on the frontlines. They would all keep this oath until their death.

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Polish troops did not have any weapons. They would charge into fights with homemade submachine guns and captured German firearms.

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When The Germans were advancing through the Mokka Tube district, and pushed Polish forces back. When they entered a major hospital under Polish control and killed every soldier who was wounded and all of the hospital personnel. Polish resistance fled through the sewers again but 150 of them exited them too early and were gunned down by German troops.

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In the end, the Polish only controlled a few blocks by the river, surrounded, outgunned, outnumbered, and starving, but they still fought with all their might. Everything was a bunker or stronghold they were fighting within the eyesight of Soviet forces but they did not help them. Eventually, they had to surrender. The Germans who were more focused on the Soviet Threat offered terms, Everybody was to be forced out of Warsaw but not executed. The Polish resistance agreed and spent the last days forging documents for Jewish members of the resistance. 15,000 were taken as POWs and 500,000 civilians were shipped out of Warsaw. Unfortunately, 60,000 of them end up in a death camp and 90,000 in forced labor yards. The more fortunate ones were left with no food, homes, or jobs.

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The Soviets did try to help once but only sent a light armor division of polish volunteers. 1600 men were sent a 1000 were killed by Germans. The Soviets gave up and did not try again. America also tried to help by dropping supplies from planes, unlucky more than 80% went behind german lines. America also gave up after this.