Warsaw Uprising

August 1 – October 2, 1944 · Warsaw

Result German victory

Rising by the Polish Home Army against the German occupation of Warsaw, timed for the approach of the Red Army. The insurgents held out for 63 days without Soviet help; after their surrender the Germans destroyed most of the city.

On the map Contemporaries

Axis

Allies

Germany

Poland

Polish Underground State

Home Army

Adolf Hitler

Walter Model belligerent leader

Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski SS-Obergruppenführer, Commanded the German forces suppressing the uprising

Reiner Stahel military commander Nikolaus von Vormann military commander

Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski General, Commander-in-chief of the Polish Home Army; ordered the uprising

Tadeusz Pełczyński belligerent leader

Antoni Chruściel belligerent leader

Strength and losses

Strength: 20,000–49,000

Units

19th Panzer Division Luftwaffe

First Polish Army (1944–1945) 28th Infantry Division (Poland) Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain Royal Air Force South African Air Force Soviet Air Forces United States Army Air Forces

Before and after

Ended by: Capitulation after the Warsaw Uprising October 3, 1944

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