Poland has been marking the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
It began on August 1 as the Soviet Army was advancing towards the Polish capital. The Polish resistance and city residents rose up against the Nazi forces that had occupied their country for five years.
The street battles continued for 63 days but the help they were expecting from the Soviet Army never came, as Soviet troops waited on the outskirts of Warsaw.
The uprising was crushed by the Nazis, leaving more than 200,…
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