City Centre

Warsaw rising - City centre – Aug’44: During the initial stage of the uprising, the battalion Kiliński occupies most of the assigned territory in the city centre. A few German pockets remain, like the headquarters of the German garrison in …

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Warsaw rising - City centre – Aug’44: During the initial stage of the uprising, the battalion Kiliński occupies most of the assigned territory in the city centre. A few German pockets remain, like the headquarters of the German garrison in the Saxon Palace/Saski Gardens and a smaller pocket in the Polska Akcyjna Spółka Telefoniczna/ Polish Telephone Joint-stock Company (PAST) buildings. This complex contained the tallest skyscraper in Eastern Europe. The Polish forces prepare to capture the PAST skyscraper and the stored ammunition and weapons. The PAST skyscraper oversees the city centre and is therefore of strategic importance. Meanwhile the Germans recover from the first attack and begin to bring in reinforcements to launch an attack to finish the Resistance.

Warsaw, Poland

The Warsaw Uprising was a major World War II operation, in the summer of 1944, by the Polish underground Resistance, led by the Polish Resistance Home Army, to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. The uprising was timed to coincide with the retreat of the German forces from Poland ahead of the Soviet advance. While approaching the eastern suburbs of the city, the Red Army temporarily halted combat operations, enabling the Germans to regroup and defeat the Polish Resistance and to destroy the city in retaliation. The Uprising was fought for 63 days with little outside support. It was the single largest military effort taken by any European Resistance movement during World War II.

Wikipedia: Warsaw Uprising

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