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1st August 1944: The Polish Home Army breaks into the open in anticipation that the Red Army will soon reach Warsaw

Aug 01, 2024
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Members of the Polish Home Army on a barricade in Warsaw, August 1944

In Poland within the underground ‘Home Army’ there were tense deliberation about whether they should rise up against the German occupiers. Many were eager to begin the final battle with the Germans and demonstrate that Poland had not been completely cowed by the occupation. Others, kn…

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