Explosion of the Prudential building in the city center of Warsaw from a direct hit by a 600 mm shell from a German self-propelled mortar “Ziu” (serial number VI, type Karl-Gerät 040, currently located in the museum in Kubinka, Moscow region, Russian Federation). Suppression of the Warsaw Uprising, Eastern Front of the Wehrmacht, World War II in Europe.
Location: Prudential building, Warsaw, Poland
Time when the photo was taken: August 28, 1944
Photo credit: Sylwester Braun