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Warsaw Uprising
Part of Operation Tempest of the Polish Resistance and 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)
Location
Warsaw, Poland
52°13′48″N 21°00′39″E / 52.23000°N 21.01083°E / 52.23000; 21.01083
Result

German victory

Territorial
changes
  • Soviet Lublin–Brest Offensive halted
  • 80–90% of Warsaw destroyed
  • Belligerents

    Polish Underground State

    Polish Army in the East
    (from 14 September)


    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 Bronisław Kaminski  Executed
    Nazi Germany Oskar Dirlewanger
    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
      • Sturmbrigade Reck
      • Sturmbrigade Schmidt
      • Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger
    • Schutzpolizei

    Supported by:
    Luftwaffe
    Strength

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


    Warsaw Airlift:

    United States US Army Air Force

    13,000–25,000 (initially)
    Dozens of tanks


    Luftwaffe
    Casualties and losses

    Polish resistance:
    15,200 killed and missing
    5,000 wounded in action
    15,000 POW (incl. capitulation agreement)
    Polish First Army: 5,660 casualties


    Warsaw Airlift: 41 aircraft destroyed

    German forces:
    2,000–17,000 killed and missing
    9,000 wounded in action

    Multiple tanks and armored vehicles
    150,000–200,000 civilians killed
    700,000 expelled from the city
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