Warsaw Uprising

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The Warsaw Uprising was a major 1944 armed insurrection by the Polish resistance against Nazi German occupation, aiming to liberate Warsaw before the Soviet advance.

Aliases (6)
  • Warsaw Uprising of 1944 ×2
  • Battle for Warsaw 1944 ×1
  • Operation Tempest – Warsaw phase ×1
  • Warsaw Uprising 1944 ×1
  • Warsaw Uprising forces ×1
  • Warsaw Uprising of 1944 (separate Polish resistance uprising) ×1

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish resistance operation
World War II battle
armed insurrection
urban uprising
aim establishing Polish sovereignty before Soviet arrival
liberation of Warsaw from German occupation
civilianCasualties approximately 150,000–200,000 killed
codeName Operation Tempest – Warsaw phase
commandedBy Antoni Chruściel
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski
commemoratedBy Warsaw Uprising Monument
Warsaw Uprising Museum
commemoratedOn Warsaw Uprising Remembrance Day
consequence destruction of Warsaw
expulsion of surviving population from Warsaw
mass civilian casualties
country Poland
endDate 1944-10-02
estimatedStrength about 25,000–50,000 Polish resistance fighters
tens of thousands of German troops and auxiliaries
followedBy systematic German destruction of Warsaw
hasKeyEvent capitulation agreement signed on 1944-10-02
capture of Wola and Ochota districts by German forces
massacres of civilians in Wola
historicalSignificance major episode in Polish–Soviet postwar relations
symbol of Polish resistance against Nazi occupation
locatedIn General Government
Nazi-occupied Poland
location Warsaw
militaryCasualties tens of thousands of Polish fighters killed, wounded or missing
thousands of German soldiers killed or missing
notablyAffectedBy halt of the Red Army on the Vistula River
limited Soviet support
opponent German police units
Nazi Germany
SS
Wehrmacht
opposedBy Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
organizedBy Home Army
Polish Underground State
partOf European theatre of World War II
World War II
precededBy Operation Tempest in eastern Poland
result German military victory
capitulation of Home Army forces in Warsaw
startDate 1944-08-01
supportedBy Polish government-in-exile
Royal Air Force supply missions
United States Army Air Forces supply missions


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