Wilno Uprising

Wilno Uprising

The Wilno Uprising may refer to:

*Wilno Uprising (1794): an uprising by Poles and Lithuanians against the Russians in 1794

*Operation Ostra Brama: an uprising by the Polish Home Army against the Germans in 1944


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