What led to the slaughter of a quarter-million Polish civilians in Warsaw in 1943?
a. Germany began the use of chemical gas.
b. The Polish resistance launched an attack, unaware that the nearby Red Army was not going to join in.
c. Warsaw had been able to withstand German attacks for years, but it finally fell that year and became a Nazi death camp.
d. Withdrawing Soviet troops slashed and burned every resource they had to leave behind, which also involved the killing of civilians.
Ans: b. The Polish resistance launched an attack, unaware that the nearby Red Army was not going to join in.
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