Warsaw Uprising

The uprising lasted 63 days during which German forces had to fight for each block. In the end German casualties racked up to be over 17,000 killed and 9,000 wounded. Polish side casualties ended up to be over 18,000 soldiers killed, 25,000 wounded and over 250,000 civilians killed (mostly due to mass executions).
Meanwhile the Red Army camped out on the other side of the river from Sept 16 till the end of the uprising, allowing the Germans to quench the resistance and demolish most of the city.
Just for the record - I was born in Warsaw :)
Image used in this post (c) Wiesław Bukowski
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