Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw "Rising '44" is a brilliant
narrative account of one of the most dramatic episodes in 20th
century history, drawing on Davies' unique understanding ...
Show synopsis "Rising '44" is a brilliant narrative account of
one of the most dramatic episodes in 20th century history,
drawing on Davies' unique understanding of the issues and
characters involved. In August 1944, Warsaw offered the
Wehrmacht the last line of defence against the Red Army's march
from Moscow to Berlin. When the Red Army reached the river
Vistula, the people of Warsaw believed that liberation had come.
The Resistance took to the streets in celebration, but the
Soviets remained where they were, allowing the Wehrmacht time to
regroup and Hitler to order that the city of Warsaw be razed to
the ground. For 63 days, the Resistance fought on in the cellars
and the sewers. Defenceless citizens were slaughtered in their
tens of thousands. One by one the City's monuments were reduced
to rubble, watched by Soviet troop