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EVEN among the long, sad litany of betrayals thrown up by World War II, the calculated abandonment of the Polish resistance after they began the Warsaw uprising in August 1944 stands out.

Encouraged by an advancing Soviet army and reassured by a call from Moscow radio to begin their revolt, they — armed citizens rather than trained soldiers — rose against their German occupiers.

Once the revolt began, Stalin ordered his advancing armies to stop within sight of Warsaw. For the next 63 days the Poles, apart from some British airlifts, were left on their own. They suffered a diabolical fate. Stalin had contrived to allow his enemy destroy those he would subjugate.