Chronology of World War II

Wednesday, January 17


Scene from Devastated Warsaw


Scene from Devastated Warsaw
On January 17m 1945, Warsaw was liberated from the Gerrmans by the Red Army and the 1st Polish Army. They found a completely devastated city. 2,000 Jewish survivors were found in underground hideouts but only 174,000 people were left in the city, less than six per cent of the pre-war population