The Warsaw Uprising vs the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Two Different Battles

Most people confuse the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1943) with the Warsaw Uprising (1944). They were entirely separate events. The Warsaw Uprising of 1944 was led by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) who rose up expecting Soviet support. Stalin deliberately halted his army on the east bank of the Vistula River and watched as the Germans systematically destroyed Warsaw. The uprising lasted 63 days. When it ended, Hitler ordered that the entire city be razed flat — brick by brick. Warsaw was 85% destroyed, and the destruction was even more systematic than the bombing of Rotterdam.