Poland commemorates 78th anniversary of Warsaw Uprising

WARSAW, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Poland commemorated the 78th anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising on Monday, with events taking place across the capital city.

The Warsaw Uprising was the largest underground military operation in German-occupied Europe, with around 40,000-50,000 insurgents taking part in fighting over two months, and huge losses of life. Around 18,000 insurgents died, so did as many as 180,000 civi