Friday 28th BBC2 21:00
Battle for Warsaw
Documentary about the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, one of the most heroic and tragic military operations undertaken by any resistance movement in the Second World War. Against incredible odds, for two months, the men, women and children of Warsaw took on the might of the Nazis alone. The Soviet Union's Red Army arrived on the scene at the height of the conflict, but failed to join the battle

Duration: 50mins

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Regards, Richard

Another good programme by Timewatch, retelling this tragic uprising which was ruthlessly stopped by the Germans, an over looked event in the history of WW2. As one survivor put it, “Better to die fighting than on your knees.” I would give credit to the Polish people who in 1944 stood up to the Nazis and did their utmost best To stand firm against over whelming odds. [img]graemlins/salute.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/vc.gif[/img]

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Regards, Richard

I do think that the Poles were quite good at making German soldiers disappear. Of all the occupied countries I think (I read somewhere ) that in Poland this happened more often than anywhere else . Anybody got info/numbers on this?

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