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The explosion of the tank-trap on Kiliński Street in Warsaw occurred on 13 August 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising, at Kiliński Street in the Old Town. The blast was caused by a captured German special vehicle, the Borgward IV, which the insurgents had seized. More than 300 insurgents and civilians, who had gathered to admire the captured ...
Warsaw Uprising; Part of Operation Tempest of the Polish Resistance and the Eastern Front of World War II: Clockwise from top left: Civilians construct an anti-tank ditch in Wola district; German anti-tank gun in Theatre Square; Home Army soldier defending a barricade; Ruins of Bielańska Street; Insurgents leave the city ruins after surrendering to German forces; Allied transport planes ...
The 1979 explosion at PKO Bank Polski's Rotunda office in Warsaw took place on 15 February 1979, at 12:37 p.m. As a result, 49 people died and 135 were injured. [1] Officially, the disaster was caused by a gas explosion, [2] but in the course of time much speculation appeared, and Varsovians talked among themselves that the building had been blown up by a bomb.
During the German suppression of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, around 70 to 80% of libraries were carefully burned by the Brandkommandos (burning detachments), whose mission was to burn Warsaw. [13] In October 1944 the Załuski Library , the oldest public library in Poland and one of the oldest and most important libraries in Europe (established ...
Explosion of the tank-trap in Warsaw; P. 2022 missile explosion in Poland This page was last edited on 16 August 2020, at 19:08 (UTC). Text ...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An explosion at an armaments plant in Poland on Monday caused a fire that killed a 59-year-old man who worked there and injured another person, officials said.
The explosion occurred on Wednesday morning at national police headquarters in Warsaw. Amid media reporters speculating on the incident, the Interior Ministry issued a statement on Thursday saying ...
Explosion of the tank-trap in Warsaw; H. Holy Cross Church, Warsaw; J. Massacre in the Jesuit monastery on Rakowiecka Street, Warsaw; M. Massacre at 111 ...