Warsaw Uprising
major World War II operation by the Polish resistance Home Army / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1944, the Polish resistance Home Army rebelled against Nazi occupation of Warsaw. This rebellion is known as the Warsaw Uprising. The resistance Home Army wanted to free Warsaw from Nazi Germany. The resistance army fought against German troops for 63 days. After that, there was no chance of winning, so they surrendered. German troops killed many civilians in the city. After the uprising, the city of Warsaw was destroyed almost completely. At the time of the uprising, the Red Army was stationed on the other side of the river Vistula, which runs through the city of Warsaw.
Warsaw Uprising | |||||||
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Part of Operation Tempest, World War II | |||||||
Polish Home Army positions, outlined in red, on day 4 (4 August 1944) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Polish Underground State (18 September only) | Nazi Germany (and auxiliaries from German-controlled Lithuania and German-controlled Ukraine | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (POW) Tadeusz Pełczyński (POW) Antoni Chruściel (POW) Karol Ziemski (POW) Edward Pfeiffer (POW) Leopold Okulicki Jan Mazurkiewicz Konstantin Rokossovsky Zygmunt Berling |
Walter Model Nikolaus von Vormann Rainer Stahel Erich von dem Bach Heinz Reinefarth Bronislav Kaminski Petro Dyachenko | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Range 20,000[3] to 49,000[4] (initially) | Range 13,000[5] to 25,000[6] (initially) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Polish insurgents: 150,000–200,000 civilians killed,[8] 700,000 expelled from the city.[7] |
German forces: 310 tanks and armoured vehicles, 340 trucks and cars, 22 artillery pieces and one aircraft[7] |
The Uprising was the largest attack done by any European resistance movement of World War II.[9] The Slovak National Uprising, which happened from 29 August to 28 October 1944, is comparable.