Walerian Czuma was a Polish general and military commander. He is notable for his command over a Polish unit in Siberia during the Russian Civil War, and the commander of the defence of Warsaw during the siege in 1939.
Lieutenant General Walerian Czuma
Tomb of Walerian Czuma and his brother at Warsaw's Powązki Military Cemetery
The siege of Warsaw in 1939 was fought between the Polish Warsaw Army garrisoned and entrenched in Warsaw and the invading German Army.
Burning Warsaw Royal Castle in September 1939. The air strikes caused by the Luftwaffe destroyed many significant monuments and structures.
Warsaw's downtown burning after an air raid by the Luftwaffe
Polish Army soldier holding last remaining part of destroyed German bomber Heinkel He 111 in Warsaw, September 1939.
Survivor of bombing of Warsaw, photographed by Julien Bryan