Battle
Siege of Warsaw
8 Sept 1939 – 28 Sept 1939 · Warsaw
From 8 September 1939 Warsaw was defended by an improvised Warsaw Army under General Juliusz Rómmel; General Walerian Czuma commanded the defence and Stefan Starzyński served as civilian commissar of the city. On 24 September Johannes Blaskowitz took command of all German units around the city. A ceasefire took effect on 27 September and the garrison capitulated on 28 September; about 140,000 Polish soldiers went into captivity. According to the cited source about 18,000 civilians died during the siege.
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