Word: bor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...subjugation. Brave, stubborn Mayor Stefan Starzynski would not be there to witness the freeing of the city he had defended to the death after other Polish resistance ceased. But his place was filled by the equally brave underground leader who goes by the nom de guerre of General Bor...
City of Rubble. From sections of Warsaw which they controlled, Bor's men could see the Russians approaching at last, and Russian patrols crossed the river to establish contact. The Germans were demolishing barracks, factories, public utilities and all large buildings. This destruction, added to that of past bombardments and bombings, and the fight between General Bor and the Nazis, reduced most of Warsaw to rubble. Now at last, Russian warplanes came over the city dropping food and ammunition to the patriots at far less cost and risk than the R.A.F., which previously did it from bases over...
Warsaw was in flames. The partisanforces of General Bor which nearly four weeks ago had risen at the approach of the Red armies, fought fires and Germans with equal gallantry. From housetops they dropped Molotov cocktails on Germantanks. Their women operated 100 field kitchens and first-aid posts.Unable to reach Warsaw's cemeteries, they buried their dead in parks and public squares. Their food and water were running short...
...General Bor was grateful. He sent a message: "We bow to the crews who have given their lives...
Open Contempt. Why had the bombers not made use of nearby Russian bases for delivering supplies in Warsaw, or why Bad the Russians themselves not given air supply to the Bor force? The answer was not immediately forthcoming but Moscow did have something to say about the politics of the situation. The Warsaw rebels, said Pravda, had been "foully deceived by a group of adventurous and political speculators of London emigré governments...