On This Day in History Visegrád 24 AUG 1, 2025
WATCH: Every August 1st, at 5pm sirens sound across Warsaw
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Every August 1st, at 5 pm, sirens sound across Warsaw to commemorate the outbreak of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. 250,000 Poles were killed in the 63-day-long uprising against the Germans.
81 years ago, on August 1, 1944, 30,000 soldiers of the Polish Home Army attacked the German occupying forces in Warsaw.
The city comes to a standstill for a minute to honor the fallen.
250,000 Poles were killed in the 63-day-long uprising against the Germans.
Warsaw’s population fell from 1 million to 5000. 90% of the city’s buildings were razed to the ground.
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