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Fighting in Praga in September 1944, photographed on what is now Sokola Street. The Commons record gives the month rather than an exact day.
Fighting in Praga in September 1944, photographed on what is now Sokola Street. The Commons record gives the month rather than an exact day. Unknown photographer · Public domain (Poland) Source

Today · September 10 · 1944

The Soviet offensive resumes

On 10 September the 1st Belorussian Front and the Polish 1st Army renewed the attack on the German-held Praga bridgehead east of the Vistula. The Soviet formations had spent weeks recovering and reorganising after the long summer advance and the armoured fighting east and…

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