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Author: Vitalii Yermolych | Publish date: 01 August 2024

We commemorated the insurgents

01 August 2024, Author: Vitalii Yermolych

Today On August 1, the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising took place. Representatives of the local government and municipal institutions paid tribute to the insurgents at the monument "To the Fallen for Free and Independent Poland" in the Solidarity Park. About At 5:00 p.m., alarm sirens sounded.

80. anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising was commemorated today by the inhabitants and representatives of the Ełk local government, parliamentarians, representatives of municipal institutions. At 5:00 p.m., alarm sirens were activated.

After playing the anthem, flowers were laid at the monument "To the Fallen for the Free and Independent Poland" in the Solidarity Park.

Rebellion Warsaw

On August 1, 1944 at At 5:00 p.m., the Warsaw Uprising broke out, lasting 63 days. Insurgents for more than two years They fought for months against better trained and equipped troops German. About 16 thousand insurgents, about 150 thousand civilians, 3.7 thousand soldiers of the 1. Polish Army and 9 thousand German soldiers. After the end of the fighting, the civilian population was displaced, and the city was planned to be leveled with Earth. The Old Town, the Royal Castle and thousands of other goods