S2521 The Warsaw Uprising 1944
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“The Warsaw Uprising 1944” describes one of the most remarkable, yet tragic, episodes of the Second World War. By the late summer of 1944, as the Western allies advanced eastward through France, the Soviets continued to push Hitler’s armies westward. As the Soviet army reached the eastern outskirts of Warsaw, the Home Army, Poland’s main resistance force, launched a long-planned battle to liberate the city before the Soviets entered it. The objectives and outcome of the uprising had important strategic and political implications not only for Poland, but for the postwar order in Europe.
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Andrew Ladak
Andrew Ladak is a former U.S. Army officer and a Vietnam combat veteran. He was born after World War 2 in Allied-occupied Germany to Polish parents. The family came to America when he was three.
His father was an officer in the Polish Army and the Polish resistance. His mother fought in the Warsaw Uprising. Her story inspired this presentation.
Ladak retired from a career in marketing and corporate communications and taught in a community college. He is an avid reader, with a particular interest in military history.