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NATO soldiers salute 1944 Warsaw Uprising heroes

02.08.2019 17:22
NATO soldiers stationed in Poland paid tribute to the heroes of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising during commemorations in the Polish capital on Thursday.
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People stop for a minutes remembrance at 5 pm, the exact time the revolt against the Germans started in Warsaw on August 1, 1944.
People stop for a minute's remembrance at 5 pm, the exact time the revolt against the Germans started in Warsaw on August 1, 1944.Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka

A 63-day-long series of commemorative events began in Warsaw on August 1 to mark 75 years since poorly equipped Polish fighters took up arms against their country’s Nazi German invaders in a heroic act of resistance during World War II.

Other Polish cities have also paid homage to the courageous insurgents.