For now on my birth date (August 1) will have a all new meaning. Every August first, everyone in Warsaw stands still for a full minute to remember 200,000 dead. on August 1, 1944. For the next 63 days, Poland’s army fought the Nazis, trying to liberate their capital. The rebellion was timed to coincide with the Soviet Union’s advance that should have left the Germans vulnerable, but various military and political miscalculations, as well as global politics — played among Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt — turned the dice against The effort lasted nine weeks and failed, leaving 200,000 Polish dead. ( https://youtube/watch?v=ykBTvP6ZX9s#t=78
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 19:45:57 +0000
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