This year we commemorate the 78th anniversary of the
Warsaw Uprising. Join the Poles today on August 1 at 5 PM CET/11 AM ET for one minute of silence—symbolizing the
W-Hour, the codename for the date and time that began Operation Tempest in German-occupied Warsaw, and hence the Warsaw Uprising.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Uprising
For many years it was my Dad who used to put the flag there on every August 1. Since he had passed it became my duty to do it. The flag will be there till October 2. That's how long the Uprising lasted.
Excerpt from a German report:
"The 9th Army has crushed the final resistance in the southern Vistula circle.
The resistance fought to the very last bullet."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzeNBRbWXpI
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Boro said:
Marta Wojtkowska replied to Boro:
Richard Nuttall said:
Marta Wojtkowska replied to Richard Nuttall:
Your understanding of how important is learning from our ancestors and history is far beyond what current generations want to know.
One of my uncles was with the Polish II Corps in Italy too. He died when I was a youngster and I do not remember him talking much about the war. Other than how painful it was.
Oh! I think that I heard about Private Wojtek from him when I was a little kid.