Warsaw Uprising in 1944. This presentation now has a book version available at: https://amzn.to/2yNC372

1. KILLINGKILLING
WARSAWWARSAW

2. On September 1, 1939On September 1, 1939
Warsaw had 1,300,000Warsaw had 1,300,000
inhabitantsinhabitants

3. After 5 years of brutal GermanAfter 5 years of brutal German
occupation on August 1, 1944occupation on August 1, 1944
there were 900,000 peoplethere were 900,000 people

4. On August 1st at 5:00 pm. theOn August 1st at 5:00 pm. the
Warsaw Uprising startedWarsaw Uprising started

5. German forces used heavy
artillery and an air force.

6. Unable to defeat the
insurgents special
SS units started to
go home to home
killing all inhabitants
regardless of age or
sex.

7. Indiscriminate destruction
tactics was used.

8. After 63 days Polish forcesAfter 63 days Polish forces
have run out ofhave run out of
ammunition and food.ammunition and food.

9. After capitulation the entire civilian population of
Warsaw was expelled from the city and sent to a
labor or concentration camps.

10. no more than 1,000 people lived there.no more than 1,000 people lived there.
After the fall of the Warsaw RisingAfter the fall of the Warsaw Rising

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