"The Frantic operations were conceived in late 1943 as Soviet advances made Soviet airfields accessible to Allied long-range aircraft. American aircraft could hit targets in central Europe, refuel and rearm at Soviet bases, then fly back to bomb additional targets. In addition t…
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It is a common misunderstanding that the Red Army, on Stalins order, halted outside Warsaw in August 1944 to let the German troops suppress the Polish uprising in the capital. Joseph Stalin of course didnt want to let a pro-British Polish government get a foothold in Warsaw.
An account of the August 1944 battle for Warsaw describes how the Polish Resistance mobilized to expel the Germans and discusses the consequences of Stalin's halting of the Russian offensive, a move that cost the lives of thousands of Polish citizens.
