Bloody Warsaw Uprising, more than 250,000 people were slaughtered! Did the Soviet Union have any aid? There were Soviet troops only 12 miles from Warsaw, and the Warsaw rebels fought in German uniforms: Hitler ordered Himmler to quell the rebellion, the Warsaw rebels were inexperienced and short of ammunition: the rebels fought for 63 days, and the Germans suppressed them in a bloody and cruel manner: Did the Soviet Union aid the uprising? Yes, it was only blocked by the Germans.