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The Polish Home Army has begun a battle to liberate Warsaw, the first European capital to fall to the Germans nearly five years ago.
At 1700 local time, the code signal "Tempest" was given and there was a wave of explosions and rifle fire throughout the city.
Reports from Poland say the timing of the uprising was chosen for maximum effect as the Germans appeared to be about to withdraw from Warsaw.
The German frontline has been forced to retreat over the past few months in the face of a sustained attack from the Red Army, forcing them out of the Baltic States, Belorussia and western Poland.
Soviet troops are now said to be fighting within 10-12 miles of Praga, the suburb on Warsaw's right bank.
To the north of the city, Soviet troops are advancing north-westward to Warsaw, with the River Vistula on their left flank.
General Tadeusz 'Bor' Komorowski, commander-in-chief of the Home Army, or Armia Krajowa, wanted to take the Germans by surprise and seized his opportunity in late afternoon.
He sent out a rallying call to his troops: "Today I have issued the order you have been waiting for, the order to begin open battle against Poland's age-old enemy, the German invader.
"After nearly five years of uninterrupted and heavy fighting underground, today you will carry your arms in the open in order to free your country again and to render exemplary punishment to the German criminals for the terror and crimes committed on Polish soil."
He has an estimated 40,000 troops, including 4,000 women, but they have only enough arms for about 2,500 - and most of those are rifles and tommy guns.
During the first day's fighting significant areas of the city's left bank have been captured, including the main post office and mint. Gas, electricity and water services have all been returned to Polish hands.
A network of street barricades has been erected blocking the flow of traffic in and out of the city.
Reports speak of a great pall of smoke hanging over the city - though to have been caused by the Germans setting fire to buildings.
Casualty reports suggest 2,000 Poles and 500 Germans may have been killed.
The Polish Home Army has begun a battle to liberate Warsaw, the first European capital to fall to the Germans nearly five years ago.
At 1700 local time, the code signal "Tempest" was given and there was a wave of explosions and rifle fire throughout the city.
Reports from Poland say the timing of the uprising was chosen for maximum effect as the Germans appeared to be about to withdraw from Warsaw.
The German frontline has been forced to retreat over the past few months in the face of a sustained attack from the Red Army, forcing them out of the Baltic States, Belorussia and western Poland.
Soviet troops are now said to be fighting within 10-12 miles of Praga, the suburb on Warsaw's right bank.
To the north of the city, Soviet troops are advancing north-westward to Warsaw, with the River Vistula on their left flank.
General Tadeusz 'Bor' Komorowski, commander-in-chief of the Home Army, or Armia Krajowa, wanted to take the Germans by surprise and seized his opportunity in late afternoon.
He sent out a rallying call to his troops: "Today I have issued the order you have been waiting for, the order to begin open battle against Poland's age-old enemy, the German invader.
"After nearly five years of uninterrupted and heavy fighting underground, today you will carry your arms in the open in order to free your country again and to render exemplary punishment to the German criminals for the terror and crimes committed on Polish soil."
He has an estimated 40,000 troops, including 4,000 women, but they have only enough arms for about 2,500 - and most of those are rifles and tommy guns.
During the first day's fighting significant areas of the city's left bank have been captured, including the main post office and mint. Gas, electricity and water services have all been returned to Polish hands.
A network of street barricades has been erected blocking the flow of traffic in and out of the city.
Reports speak of a great pall of smoke hanging over the city - though to have been caused by the Germans setting fire to buildings.
Casualty reports suggest 2,000 Poles and 500 Germans may have been killed.
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It failed beacuse Stalin wanted Warsaw for Soviets.
Thank you for not forgetting.
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Again, thanks to the commies it totally failed.
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that didnt happen yet
you're ruining the story u butthead!
:-p
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and what about that fat man in the red suit?!
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We should go take in a picture and eat koh-rean food soon.
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Call me up this evening and we can do stuff and stuff.
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and i wanna see a flick....
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670032840/thewarsawupri-20/104-1787202-7315144
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when you do shoots in Paris, are they usually during the daytime or at night? I'm trying to figure out what is the likelihood of people being available when I'm in Paris, since most of 'em probably have day jobs...
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it varies... i think.
actually no, most of my shoots start out in the day time
i know mourthe was all am (make up)
and shooting into the evening. a very long day.
gilles is day time as well.
hmm, the others too. and then we'd go out n stuff or else pass out
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Gilles is one of those people that I would be FAR to insecure to ask. Plus he doesn't have a website or anything so I wouldn't know where to start! Maybe someday though.
Might try to go for a 2nd shoot with Eric Martin, and then Andy Julia and one or two more non-fetishy types.
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i love working with gilles but i'm hesitant to give out his contact since i actually went thru a lot of work to get it myself (like 2-3 trips to paris).
there seem to be more n more of them fotogs coming outta there.
too bad they dont want to pay billions of euros though!
gaaahhhh!!!!
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Not that I'd say no to a name-drop on my behalf next time you see him though. Hehehe :)
There really are tons of great fotogs coming out of France these days. It's gonna be hard for me to pick my tops for this trip, since I can only do like 3 or 4 at the very most. And I bet some people will be away on vacations.
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