Warsaw Uprising commemorations held in the Polish capital

President Andrzej Duda, Mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski took part in Thursday's commemorations in Warsaw, which are part of the events to mark the upcoming 76th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, the largest underground military operation in German-occupied Europe. On August 1, 1944, around 40,000-50,000 insurgents took part in the fighting. Planned to last several days, the fighting eventually lasted over two months.