Polish Army pays tribute to heroes of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944
ESToday marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, the largest act of insurgency of World War II.
For 63 days and in inferior conditions, the fighters of the Armia Krajowa (AK, Home Army) resisted the German forces in Warsaw, in a heroic feat whose purpose was to liberate Poland before the arrival of the Red Army and thus prevent the Polish people from being subjected to a communist dictatorship after suffering the German occupation. Stalin's army stopped its advance at the Vistula River and allowed Hitler to finish off the Polish resistance and leave the city of Warsaw practically razed to the ground.
In the last few hours, those AK heroes (there are still some survivors) have been honoured by the Polish Army in Warsaw and other places in Poland. You can see here some pictures of these tributes released by the Polish Ministry of National Defence. Cześć i chwała bohaterom! Honour and glory to the heroes!
A Polish flag with the "Kotwica", the emblem of the Arma Krajowa, is displayed inside a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft of the Polish Air Force, at the 1st Transport Aviation Base in Warsaw, on Wednesday, July 31.
Tribute at the Warsaw Uprising Monument on Krasiński Square in the Polish capital, this Wednesday evening, July 31, with the participation of members of the various service branches of the Polish Army (Ground Forces, Air Force, Navy, Special Forces and Territorial Defence Force) and the Polish Police.
The Warsaw Uprising Monument on Krasiński Square at the memorial on Wednesday. Alongside Polish soldiers and police officers, we see members of the Scout movement, which played a very important role in the Uprising, as many fighters, known as the "Szare Szeregi" (Grey Ranks), came from its ranks.
President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda during the tribute on Wednesday at Krasiński Square.
The Warsaw Uprising Monument on Krasiński Square was unveiled on 1 August 1989. It depicts several Armia Krajowa fighters wearing uniforms captured from the Germans and "Polonized" with the White Eagle, the national emblem of Poland, and with armbands in the colours of the Polish flag.
Another moment from yesterday's tribute at Krasiński Square.
Members of the Polish Army Representative Regiment, based in Warsaw, salute with their sabres raised during the tribute on Wednesday in Krasiński Square.
Poland is a deeply Catholic country, and the vast majority of Armia Krajowa members were Catholic. During yesterday's event on Krasiński Square, a mass was held in honour of the heroes of the Uprising. The officer in the centre is carrying a staff identical to the one used by Polish Pope St. John Paul II.
Soldados del Ejército Polaco disparando salvas de honor en homenaje a los héroes del Levantamiento en el Cementerio Militar de Powązki, este jueves.
Un veterano del Batallón "Parasol" del Armia Krajowa, una de las unidades que combatieron en el Levantamiento de Varsovia de 1944, siendo saludado por Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, viceprimer ministro y ministro de Defensa Nacional de Polonia, en el acto conmemorativo celebrado en el Cementerio Militar de Powązki.
Una veterana del Armia Krajowa, en silla de ruedas, es saludada por Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz en el Cementerio Militar de Powązki.
Dos fotos de los homenajes a los Caídos del Levantamiento de Varsovia en el Cementerio Militar de Powązki, este jueves, con la presencia de miembros del Ejército Polaco.
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Fotos: Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej.
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