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Coordinates: 52°13′48″N 21°00′39″E / 52.23000°N 21.01083°E / 52.23000; 21.01083
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Warsaw Uprising
Part of Operation Tempest in the Eastern Front of World War II

Clockwise from top left:
Civilians construct an anti-tank ditch in Wola district; German anti-tank gun in Theatre Square; Home Army soldier defending a barricade; Ruins of Bielańska Street; Insurgents leave the city ruins after surrendering to German forces; Allied transport planes airdrop supplies near Holy Cross Church.
Date1 August – 2 October 1944
(63 days)
Location52°13′48″N 21°00′39″E / 52.23000°N 21.01083°E / 52.23000; 21.01083
Result

German victory

Belligerents

 Polish Underground State

Polish Army in the East
(from 14 September)[1]


Supported by:

 Germany

Commanders and leaders
Polish Underground State T. Komorowski (POW)
Polish Underground State Tadeusz Pełczyński (POW)
Polish Underground State Antoni Chruściel (POW)
Polish Underground State Karol Ziemski (POW)
Polish Underground State Edward Pfeiffer (POW)
Polish Underground State Leopold Okulicki
Polish Underground State Jan Mazurkiewicz
Zygmunt Berling
Nazi Germany Walter Model
Nazi Germany Nikolaus von Vormann
Nazi Germany Rainer Stahel
Nazi Germany E. v.d. Bach-Zelewski
Nazi Germany Heinz Reinefarth
Nazi Germany Bronislav Kaminski
Nazi Germany Oskar Dirlewanger
Nazi Germany Petro Dyachenko
Nazi Germany Robert von Greim
Nazi Germany Paul Otto Geibel
Units involved

Home Army

  • City Center – North
  • City Center – South
  • Powiśle
  • Warsaw – North
  • Żoliborz
  • Kampinos Forest
  • Warsaw – South
  • Kedyw Units

Poland Polish First Army


Warsaw Airlift:
United Kingdom Royal Air Force
(including Polish squadrons)
United States US Army Air Force
South Africa South African Air Force
Soviet Union Soviet Air Force

Nazi Germany Warsaw Garrison

  • Kampfgruppe Rohr
  • Kampfgruppe Reinefarth
  • Sturmgruppe Reck
  • Sturmgruppe Schmidt
  • Sturmgruppe Dirlewanger
  • Schutzpolizei

Supported by:
Luftwaffe
Strength

20,000[3]–49,000[4]
2,500 equipped with guns (initially)
2 captured Panther tanks
1 captured Hetzer tank destroyer
2 captured armoured personnel carrier
Improvised armored vehicles


Warsaw Airlift:

United States US Army Air Force

  • 107 B-17s, P-51 Mustangs

13,000[5]–25,000[6] (initially)
Throughout the course of uprising: ~50,000[citation needed]
Dozens of tanks


Luftwaffe
  • 6 Junkers Ju 87s
Casualties and losses

Polish resistance:
15,200 killed and missing[7]
5,000 WIA[7]
15,000 POW (incl. capitulation agreement)[7]
Polish First Army: 5,660 casualties[7]


Warsaw Airlift: 41 aircraft destroyed

German forces:
2,000–17,000[8][9][10][11] killed and missing
9,000 WIA

Multiple tanks and armored vehicles
150,000[12]–200,000 civilians killed[13][14]
700,000 expelled from the city[7]
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  5. ^ Borodziej, p. 75.
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  8. ^ Tadeusz Sawicki: Rozkaz zdławić powstanie. Niemcy i ich sojusznicy w walce z powstaniem warszawskim. Warszawa: Bellona, 2010. ISBN 978-83-11-11892-8. p. 189.
  9. ^ Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski: Armia Podziemna. Warszawa: Bellona, 1994. ISBN 83-11-08338-X. p. 443.
  10. ^ Marek Getter. Straty ludzkie i materialne w Powstaniu Warszawskim. "Biuletyn IPN". 8–9 (43–44), sierpień – wrzesień 2004., s. 70.
  11. ^ Ilu Niemców naprawdę zginęło w Powstaniu Warszawskim? Paweł Stachnik, ciekawostkihistoryczne.pl 31.07.2017 Accessed 12 September 2019
  12. ^ Meng, Michael (2011). Shattered Spaces. Encountering Jewish Ruins in Postwar Germany and Poland. Harvard University Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0674053038.
  13. ^ Bartrop, Paul R.; Grimm, Eve E. (2019). Perpetrating the Holocaust: Leaders, Enablers, and Collaborators. ABC-CLIO. p. 12. ISBN 978-1440858963.
  14. ^ Wolfson, Leah (2015). Jewish Responses to Persecution: 1944–1946. Rowman&Littlefield. p. 534. ISBN 978-1442243378.