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marek_pk · 01-08-2007, 09:21 PM

BBC ON THIS DAY | 1 | 1944: Uprising to free Warsaw begins

1944: Uprising to free Warsaw begins

The Polish Home Army has begun a battle to liberate Warsaw, the first European capital to fall to the Germans nearly five years before.

At 1700 local time, the code signal "Tempest" was given and there was a wave of explosions and rifle fire throughout the city.

01-08-2007, 09:21 PM	#600 (permalink)
marek_pk Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Middlesex, UK Posts: 158	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 1 \| 1944: Uprising to free Warsaw begins 1944: Uprising to free Warsaw begins The Polish Home Army has begun a battle to liberate Warsaw, the first European capital to fall to the Germans nearly five years before. At 1700 local time, the code signal "Tempest" was given and there was a wave of explosions and rifle fire throughout the city.