Operation Arsenal
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Operation Arsenal was a famed World War II underground mission by Polish resistance youth to rescue prisoners from Nazi custody in occupied Warsaw.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Arsenal canonical | 2 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Polish underground operation
ⓘ
World War II resistance operation ⓘ rescue mission ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Action at the Arsenal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Akcja pod Arsenałem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualties |
German personnel killed or wounded
ⓘ
Polish underground fighters killed ⓘ |
| cityDistrict | near Warsaw Arsenal ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn |
Polish wartime literature
ⓘ
postwar Polish historiography ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| date | 26 March 1943 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | German occupation of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy |
subject of memorials in Warsaw
ⓘ
taught in Polish school history curricula ⓘ |
| location |
Warsaw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
occupied Poland ⓘ |
| method | armed assault on prison transport ⓘ |
| notableParticipant |
Aleksy Dawidowski
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jan Bytnar NERFINISHED ⓘ Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanisław Broniewski NERFINISHED ⓘ Tadeusz Zawadzki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| objective |
free political prisoners from Nazi transport
ⓘ
rescue Jan Bytnar from Gestapo custody ⓘ |
| opponent |
Gestapo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Armia Krajowa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Home Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Polish resistance in World War II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
operations of the Gray Ranks ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Gray Ranks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Polish Scouting resistance NERFINISHED ⓘ Szare Szeregi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
several prisoners liberated
ⓘ
some German casualties ⓘ some Polish casualties ⓘ successful rescue of Jan Bytnar ⓘ |
| significance |
one of the most famous actions of the Gray Ranks
ⓘ
symbol of Polish youth resistance against Nazi occupation ⓘ |
| target | Gestapo prisoner transport ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Szare Szeregi