Warsaw, Poland. 31st July, 2017. Polish President Andrzej Duda met with survivors who fought in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, on July 31st 2017, as part of the 73rd anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising in Poland. The President handed out various state medals and awards to the combatants of the Warsaw Uprising and met with surviving members of the families at the Warsaw Uprising Museum. The Warsaw Uprising started on August 1st 1944, at 5 PM, known as "W" hour, and lasted for 63 days. Credit: PACIFIC PRESS/Alamy Live News
Polish President Andrzej Duda met with survivors who fought in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, on July 31st 2017, as part of the 73rd anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising in Poland. The President handed out various state medals and awards to the combatants of the Warsaw Uprising and met with surviving members of the families at the Warsaw Uprising Museum. The Warsaw Uprising started on August 1st 1944, at 5 PM, known as "W" hour, and lasted for 63 days. The uprising's goal was to liberate Warsaw from German Nazi control. Estimated figures of Polish civilian deaths range from 150 thousand to 200 thousand, while those who fought with the Home Army and were part of the underground resistance, (Armia Krajowa), the deaths are estimated at 16 thousand. By January 1945, 85 percent of the city of Warsaw was destroyed. After the Warsaw Uprising, Soviet occupation took hold for 44 years. Poland regained independence in 1989 when communism fell in the country. (Photo by Anna Ferensowicz / Pacific Press)
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