Warsaw 1944: Poland`s Bid For Freedom

DEFEATED AND OCCUPIED IN 1939, POLAND HAD SUFFERED UNDER THE NAZI HEEL FOR NEARLY FIVE YEARS. UNDAUNTED, HOWEVER, THE POLES FORMED AN UNDERGROUND ARMY, THE ARMIA KRAJOWA (HOME ARMY), AND WAITED FOR A MOMENT OF GERMAN WEAKNESS. THAT MOMENT SEEMED TO HAVE ARRIVED IN JULY 1944 AS THE SOVIET ARMIES BEGAN TO ADVANCE INTO EASTERN POLAND, THUS, THE AK LAUNCHED ITS REVOLT IN WARSAW ON AUGUST 1, 1944.