Warsaw Uprising

The Warsaw Uprising, sometimes referred to as the August Uprising, or the Battle of Warsaw, was a major World War II operation by the Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occurred in the summer of 1944, and it was led by the Polish resistance Home Army. The uprising was timed to coincide with the retreat of the German forces from Poland ahead of the Soviet advance. While approaching the eastern suburbs of the city, the Red Army halted combat operations, enabling the Germans to regroup and defeat the Polish resistance and to destroy the city in retaliation. The Uprising was fought for 63 days with little outside support. It was the single largest military effort taken by any European resistance movement during World War II. The defeat of the uprising and suppression of the Home Army enabled the pro-Soviet Polish administration, instead of the Polish government-in-exile based in London, to take control of Poland afterwards. Poland would remain as part of the Soviet-aligned Eastern Bloc throughout the Cold War until 1989.

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1944 Warsaw Uprising

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1655 Battle of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki

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1656 Siege of Warsaw

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1656 Battle of Warsaw

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1657 Capture of Warsaw (1657)

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1704 Capture of Warsaw

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1705 Battle of Warsaw

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1705 Battle of Praga

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1770 Battle of Błonie

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1794 Warsaw Uprising

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1794 First Battle of Warsaw

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1794 Battle of Kobyłka

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1794 Battle of Praga

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1809 Battle of Raszyn

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1809 Battle of Radzymin

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1831 First Battle of Wawer

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1831 Battle of Białołęka

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1831 Battle of Olszynka Grochowska

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1831 Battle of Warsaw

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1863 — 1864 January Uprising

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1863 Battle of Buda Zaborowska

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1914 Battle of the Vistula River

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1919 1919 Polish coup attempt

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1920 Battle of Warsaw

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1920 Battle of Radzymin

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1920 Battle of Ossów

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1939 Bombing of Warsaw in World War II

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1939 Defense of Ochota and Wola (1939)

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1939 Siege of Warsaw

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1939 wypad na Wawrzyszew

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1939 Battle of Wólka Węglowa

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1939 Battle of Łomianki

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1943 The January Action in the Warsaw Ghetto

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1943 Battle of Muranów Square

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1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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1944 Battle of Radzymin

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1944 Insurgent attacks on the Bielany airfield

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1944 Battle of Boernerowo

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1944 Battle of Pęcice

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1944 Liberation of Warsaw concentration camp

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1944 1944 Wola cemeteries defenses

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1945 Liberation of Warsaw

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1809 Polish–Austrian War

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1830 — 1831 November Uprising

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Member of the Waffen-Sturmbrigade RONA during the Warsaw Uprising , 1944

Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-695-0407-26, Warschauer Aufstand, Infanteristen

Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-695-0407-06, Warschauer Aufstand, Waffen-SS in Vorort

Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-695-0407-07, Warschauer Aufstand, Waffen-SS in Vorort

Area Support Group Poland Participates in the Warsaw Uprising 75th Anniversary Celebration in Poznan, Poland Image 5

Area Support Group Poland Participates in the Warsaw Uprising 75th Anniversary Celebration in Poznan, Poland Image 4

Obergruppenführer Reinefarth and the officers from SS-Sturmbrigade RONA

Stolica - 1957-08-01

Depesza Jana Kwapińskiego do Tadeusza Bora-Komorowskiego 2.08.1944

Area Support Group Poland Participates in the Warsaw Uprising 75th Anniversary Celebration in Poznan, Poland Image 2

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1807	Duchy of Warsaw		Wikidata
area	region	1815	Congress Poland		Wikidata
area	region	1918	Second Polish Republic		Wikidata
area	region	1944	Polish People's Republic		Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Battle of Brwinów	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Battle of Gołkowem	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Battle of Palmiry	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Battle of Pruszków	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Bombing of Warsaw in World War I	bombardment	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Raid on Okęcie and Załuski	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Siege of Prague (1794)	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Starcie pod Kiściennem	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Starcie pod Małocicami	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Starcie w Aleksandrowie	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Walki o przyczółki warszawskie (1944)	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Zdobycie kościoła św. Krzyża i Komendy Policji	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1655	Battle of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	Sweden, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1656	Siege of Warsaw	Sweden, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, battle, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1656	Battle of Warsaw	Sweden, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Brandenburg-Prussia, Crimean Khanate, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1657	Capture of Warsaw (1657)	Sweden, battle, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Zaporozhian Cossacks, Principality of Transylvania	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1704	Capture of Warsaw	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1705	Battle of Warsaw	Sweden, Electorate of Saxony, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1705	Battle of Praga	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1770	Battle of Błonie	battle, Bar Confederation	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1794	Warsaw Uprising	battle, rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1794	First Battle of Warsaw	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1794	Battle of Kobyłka	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1794	Battle of Praga	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1809	Battle of Raszyn	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1809	Battle of Radzymin	Duchy of Warsaw, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1831	First Battle of Wawer	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1831	Battle of Białołęka	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1831	Battle of Olszynka Grochowska	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1831	Battle of Warsaw	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	January Uprising	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1863	Battle of Buda Zaborowska	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	Battle of the Vistula River	German Empire, Austria–Hungary, Russian Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1919	1919 Polish coup attempt	attempted coup d'état	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1920	Battle of Warsaw	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1920	Battle of Radzymin	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1920	Battle of Ossów	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1939	Bombing of Warsaw in World War II	aerial bombing of a city	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1939	Defense of Ochota and Wola (1939)	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1939	Siege of Warsaw	Nazi Germany, Johannes Blaskowitz, Werner von Fritsch, battle, Georg von Küchler, siege, Second Polish Republic, Juliusz Rómmel, Walerian Czuma, Juliusz Zulauf, Marian Porwit	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1939	wypad na Wawrzyszew	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1939	Battle of Wólka Węglowa	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1939	Battle of Łomianki	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1943	The January Action in the Warsaw Ghetto	rebellion, genocide, Jewish Combat Organization	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1943	Battle of Muranów Square	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1943	Warsaw Ghetto Uprising	insurgency	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Battle of Radzymin	Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Insurgent attacks on the Bielany airfield	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Warsaw Uprising	Nazi Germany, Polish Underground State, Bergmann Battalion, Ukrainian Legion of Self-Defense, 25th Panzer Division, 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS RONA (1st Russian), Dirlewanger Brigade, insurgency	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Battle of Boernerowo	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Battle of Pęcice	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Liberation of Warsaw concentration camp	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	1944 Wola cemeteries defenses	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	Liberation of Warsaw	battle	Wikidata
event	war	1809	Polish–Austrian War	war	Wikidata
event	war	1830	November Uprising	war, Russian Empire, Congress Poland	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1927	Państwowe Wytwórnie Uzbrojenia	arms industry, business	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1928	Państwowe Zakłady Inżynierii	automotive industry, arms industry, business, historical car manufacturer	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1934	PIT-RADWAR	arms industry, business	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1971	Grupa Bumar	state-owned enterprise, arms industry, business	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1997	WB Electronics	arms industry, business, enterprise	Wikidata
organisation	military branch	1918	Army of the Second Polish Republic	army	Wikidata
site	bunker		Atomowa Kwatera Dowodzenia na Dąbrowie	air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker		Bunkers in Józefów	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Bunkier wartowniczy	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy nr 1 typu Ringstand 58c w Warszawie	tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy nr 10 typu Ringstand 58c w Warszawie	tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy nr 12 typu Ringstand 58c w Warszawie	tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy nr 13 typu Ringstand 58c w Warszawie	tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy nr 14 typu Ringstand 58c w Warszawie	tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy nr 15 typu Ringstand 58c w Warszawie	tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy nr 16 typu Ringstand 58c w Warszawie	tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy nr 2 typu Ringstand 58c w Warszawie	tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy nr 3 typu Ringstand 58c w Warszawie	tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy nr 4 typu Ringstand 58c w Warszawie	tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy nr 5 typu Ringstand 58c w Warszawie	tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy nr 6 typu Ringstand 58c w Warszawie	tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy nr 7 typu Ringstand 58c w Warszawie	tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy nr 8 typu Ringstand 58c w Warszawie	tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy nr 9 typu Ringstand 58c w Warszawie	tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy typu Ringstand 58c do ognia okrężnego w nasypie kolejowym, ul. Górczewska	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy typu Ringstand 58c do ognia okrężnego w nasypie kolejowym, ul. Wolska	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy typu Ringstand 58c do ognia okrężnego w nasypie kolejowym, ul. Wolska - Górczewska	tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy typu Ringstand 58c, Marcina Kasprzaka 25 w Warszawie	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy typu Ringstand 58c, ul. Górczewska / al. Prymasa Tysiąclecia	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron bojowy w Józefowie	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron obserwacyjny I w Józefowie	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		schron obserwacyjny II w Józefowie	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1944	Combat shelter No. 11, Ringstand 58c type	architectural heritage monument, tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker	1944	Ringstand 58c at Nowowiejska Street in Warsaw	tobruk	Wikidata
site	bunker	1944	Ringstand 58c przy rogu ulicy Kasprzaka i alei Prymasa Tysiąclecia	tobruk	Wikidata
site	castle	1624	Ujazdów Castle	architectural heritage monument, castle	Wikidata
site	fort		Aleksej Fort in Warsaw	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Aleksej Fort rotunda	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Bateria Nadbrzeżna Cytadeli Warszawskiej	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Bem's Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Big Fort of Zegrze Fortress	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Beniaminów	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Beniaminów	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Gieorgija Cytadeli Warszawskiej	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort I	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort II	fort, architectural heritage monument	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort IIA Twierdzy Warszawa	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort IV	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort IV	fort, architectural heritage monument	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort IX	fort, architectural heritage monument	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Kawęczyn	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort M "Mokotów"	fort, architectural heritage monument	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort M-Cze	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort P Parysów	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Sokolnického	fort, architectural heritage monument	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Tscha-M	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Tsche	fort, architectural heritage monument	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort V	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort V Włochy	fort, architectural heritage monument	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort VI	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort VII "Zbarż"	fort, architectural heritage monument	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort VII-A Służewiec	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort VIIA	fort, architectural heritage monument	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort VIII	fort, architectural heritage monument	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort W	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Wawer	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort X "Augustówka"	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort XI	destroyed building or structure, fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort XIA	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort XII	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort XIIA	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort XIII	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort XIV	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort XIVA	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort XVII	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort XVIII	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Pawła's Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Small Fort of Zegrze Fortress	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Vladimir Fort in Warsaw	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1832	Warsaw Fortress	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort	1850	Fort Śliwického	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1890	Fort Buraków	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1890	Fort Tscha	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1890	Fort W-Tscha	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1892	Zegrze Fortress	fortress	Wikidata
site	fort	1900	Fort III Twierdzy Warszawa	fort, architectural heritage monument	Wikidata
site	fort	1914	Fort XVII "Janówek”	fort	Wikidata
site	museum		Museum of Polish Military Technology	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1830	Museum of Pawiak Prison	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1834	Warsaw Citadel	military museum, Russian Empire	Wikidata
site	museum	1920	Polish Army Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1952	Mausoleum of Struggle and Martyrdom	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1983	Warsaw Uprising Museum	history museum, architectural structure, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1993	Katyń Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2023	Muzeum Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920 roku w Radzyminie	military museum	Wikidata
site	tower	1400	Knight's Tower in Warsaw	fortified tower	Wikidata
commons	image		Member of the Waffen-Sturmbrigade RONA during the Warsaw Uprising , 1944		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-695-0407-26, Warschauer Aufstand, Infanteristen		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-695-0407-06, Warschauer Aufstand, Waffen-SS in Vorort		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-695-0407-07, Warschauer Aufstand, Waffen-SS in Vorort		Commons
commons	image		Area Support Group Poland Participates in the Warsaw Uprising 75th Anniversary Celebration in Poznan, Poland Image 5		Commons
commons	image		Area Support Group Poland Participates in the Warsaw Uprising 75th Anniversary Celebration in Poznan, Poland Image 4		Commons
commons	image		Obergruppenführer Reinefarth and the officers from SS-Sturmbrigade RONA		Commons
commons	image		Stolica - 1957-08-01		Commons
commons	image		Depesza Jana Kwapińskiego do Tadeusza Bora-Komorowskiego 2.08.1944		Commons
commons	image		Area Support Group Poland Participates in the Warsaw Uprising 75th Anniversary Celebration in Poznan, Poland Image 2		Commons