The Old Town

Believing the Russians would soon be in Warsaw, Polish forces went on the offensive. But the Russians stopped and the Germans went after the Poles with a vengeance. Heavy fighting occurred during the German drive to retake the buildings and narrow, twisting streets of Starowka, the Old …

1944-08-12

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Believing the Russians would soon be in Warsaw, Polish forces went on the offensive. But the Russians stopped and the Germans went after the Poles with a vengeance. Heavy fighting occurred during the German drive to retake the buildings and narrow, twisting streets of Starowka, the Old Town. The attack progressed cautiously on the heels of an artillery bombardment. The defenders, fighting with a fearlessness born of their hopeless situation and hampered by a critical shortage of ammunition, often held their fire to the last moment in order to inflict maximum casualties, taking up the slogan "A German for every bullet!"

Warsaw, Poland UPRISING

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.

German

Partisan

Scenario Type = Standard