Thanks for the interesting walk.
I would like to make some small clarifications
The occupation began with the invasion of Polish territory by German troops on September 1, 1939, and ended in 1945, when the Red Army, after lengthy battles, drove the German occupiers out of Poland.
The Germans captured Poland in less than three months; Soviet troops would not have had time to help even if they wanted to.
The uprising happened in 1944 just before the German occupation ended, not before
As I understand it, the idea was that the Alliance, led by the Soviets would help the Home Army drive the Germans out of Poland and it would be over in a few days. Instead, Stalin stalled his men, the Home Army was left on its own, outnumbered by the Germans, and the uprising lasted for two months instead of a few days.
But thanks for your comment, and glad you enjoyed the walk.
the end of the German occupation ended with the victory of the Red Army. The occupation did not end by itself.
The fate of Poland was decided on August 23 in Moscow, when the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed.
The Soviet-German Pact was concluded after Hitler had seized the remnants of Czechoslovakia in accordance with the Munich agreements and immediately began to lay claim to Poland - showing himself in all his glory.
On September 1, 1939, Hitler attacked Poland. In 17 days at 6 a.m. the Red Army with large forces (21 rifle and 13 cavalry divisions, 16 tank and 2 motorized brigades, in total 618 thousand people and 4733 tanks) crossed the Soviet-Polish border from Polotsk to Kamenets-Podolsk
For Poland, the German-Russian partition of 1939 was the fourth.
Already on September 3, Hitler began to urge Moscow to act as soon as possible - because the war was not unfolding quite as he wanted, but, most importantly, to induce Britain and France to recognize the USSR as the aggressor and declare war on it together with Germany...
There is a lot of disagreement in the current views of historians. And you can find confirmation of almost any theory on the internet.
I do not claim that my version is the truth, but it seems to me, taught so in school, that everything was approximately so)))
The walk is great.
I would like to see more historically significant places in the hive. Thank you!