“Krucza Street, Warsaw, 1945” The German army burned the city to the ground, destroying 85% of the buildings in Warsaw. The Russians found 174,000 inhabitants when they finally expelled the Germans, this was less than 6% of the pre-war population. [Edit] To get a sense of the scale of what happened to Warsaw, consider viewing the short film City of Ruins on YouTube. This film depicts the view from a B-24 Liberator as it flys over the razed landscape of Warsaw in 1945. The digital model of Warsaw took over a year to reconstruct from wartime aerial photographs; the film is shown at the Warsaw Rising Museum.

“Krucza Street, Warsaw, 1945”

The German army burned the city to the ground, destroying 85% of the buildings in Warsaw. The Russians found 174,000 inhabitants when they finally expelled the Germans, this was less than 6% of the pre-war population.

[Edit] To get a sense of the scale of what happened to Warsaw, consider viewing the short film City of Ruins on YouTube. This film depicts the view from a B-24 Liberator as it flys over the razed landscape of Warsaw in 1945. The digital model of Warsaw took over a year to reconstruct from wartime aerial photographs; the film is shown at the Warsaw Rising Museum.

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    by Edward Falkowski Krucza Street, Warsaw, 1945. The German army burned the city to the ground, destroying 85% of the...
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