Warsaw Uprising: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	August 1, 1944 - October 2, 1944
Location	Poland • Warsaw
Context	resistance • World War II

Photos

The Warsaw Uprising Monument in Warsaw, Poland features bronze sculptures of armed fighters emerging from abstract concrete forms, set outdoors in front of a modern glass building.

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Louis IX of France (St. Louis), stained glass window of Louis IX during the Crusades. (Unknown location.)

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U.S. marines raising the American flag over Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, in February 1945

World War II Quiz

Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.

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