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Submitted by JP on Mon, 08/01/2022 - 17:20
Warsaw Uprising anniversary commemorated in Polish capital
Historia

As every year, exactly at 5 p.m., the city of Warsaw stopped for moment to mark the "W" Hour. Seventy eight years ago, exactly at 5 p.m. the insurgents grabbed their weapons to fight for their city, occupied by the Germans.


Photo by PAP/Albert Zawada


The Warsaw Uprising was the largest underground military operation in German-occupied Europe.