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Warsaw In Your Pocket editor Alex Webber at the memorial to the Warsaw Uprising. Sightseeing and Warsaw dont usually go together, and the blame for that falls on her citizens. While some cities may have been happy to wait out Nazi occupation, the Warsaw locals were having none of that. The ensuing uprising which took place in 1944 would become both the most glorious and tragic episode in the citys history. Doomed from the outset the Warsaw Uprising enraged Hitler, and his retribution proved swift and brutal. Warsaw was to be wiped from the face of the map, and his cronies set about their orders with a zealous fury. While Red Army tanks stood stoically stationed across the river the Nazis set about blasting western Warsaw from the map. Anything deemed of cultural importance was dynamited, and whole districts were set on fire. By the time liberation arrived, over 90% of the city lay in total ruin. I have seen many towns destroyed, but nowhere have I been faced with such destruction, commented a visibly moved Eisenhower on a later visit to the city. That the city still stands at all is tribute enough to the indefatigable spirit of the Polish capital.
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Warsaw In Your Pocket - Warsaw Uprising (Powstanie Warszawskie)
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