It's not just about winning. It's about making it as costly as possible for the other side to win. The Warsaw Uprising was a horribly costly victory for the Ger

It's not just about winning. It's about making it as costly as possible for the other side to win. The Warsaw Uprising was a horribly costly victory for the Germans. And in the case of the Polish Jews there was no downside to fighting back. And it's certainly not out of the question that a better armed Jewish resistance could have organized transport for a lot of Jews out of Nazi hands.