#4432492 - 08/01/18 03:10 PM
Today in 1944
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The heroic Polish people rose up in Warsaw with disastrous consequences for them. "Warsaw traffic will stop for a minute's remembrance when the sirens wail at 5 p.m., the exact hour when the revolt started Aug. 1. Nationalist groups also pick the moment to hold loud rallies.
An estimated 50,000 young Poles took part in the Warsaw Rising. Some 18,000 of them were killed and another 25,000 were injured in the 63 days of struggle against the well-armed German troops. Some 180,000 civilians were killed in German bombings and executions.
The Nazis then razed the city and expelled some 500,000 remaining residents, sending some to the Auschwitz death camp."  Yahoo link
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#4432526 - 08/01/18 07:04 PM
Re: Today in 1944
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The Soviets were already thinking about the post-war era and didn't want too many rebellious elements in Poland to oppose their imposition of Communism in the country. The more freedom fighters the Germans killed, the less the Soviets would have to worry about. Stalin was incredibly shrewd and of course evil.
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#4432543 - 08/01/18 10:15 PM
Re: Today in 1944
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Amen brother, amen.
I was just discussing how little the "entitled" folks of today know about these things with a friend an hour ago.
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Exodus
by RedOneAlpha. 04/18/24 05:46 PM
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