The Devastating Aftermath Of Invasion
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Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Although some elder Britons can still recall the horrors of the Blitz, London was far from the only city subject to an aggressive German aerial campaign. Indeed, the Dutch city of Rotterdam and the Polish capital of Warsaw were also devastated by bombers.
Considering that the invasion of Poland was considered abhorrent enough to spur the United Kingdom and France into action against Germany, it’s perhaps not surprising that Warsaw would be strewn with so much rubble in this photo.