The
Warsaw Uprising was a major
World War II operation by the
Polish resistance Home Army to liberate
Warsaw from
Nazi Germany. The Uprising was timed to coincide with the Soviet Union's
Red Army approaching the eastern suburbs of the city and the retreat of German forces. However, the Soviet advance stopped short, enabling the Germans to regroup and demolish the city while defeating the Polish resistance, which fought for 63 days with little outside support. The Uprising was the largest single military effort taken by any European
resistance movement during World War II.