Introduction to the Warsaw Uprising Monument: At the end of World War II, the Soviet army forced the German army to retreat steadily and soon approached Warsaw. Seeing that liberation was just around the corner, the citizens of Warsaw launched an uprising on August 1, 1944 to fight against the German army. As a result of the uprising, the city center was liberated for a time. However, due to many political and military reasons, the Soviet army temporarily stopped stationing on the other side of the Vistula River and stopped advancing. The uprising had to retreat due to the loss of reinforcements. 200,000 people died in this uprising, and almost all of the city was destroyed. On October 2, Warsaw surrendered.
In August 1989, the Warsaw Uprising Monument (Pomnik Powst. Warszwaskiego 1944 r.) was built to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising.