The Warsaw Uprising day by day
The Warsaw Uprising from 1 August to 3 October 1944: key days with a short description and a jump to the map.
Entries come from the atlas database; days without entries are marked. Click a date to open that day on the map.
- 1 August 1944 →
The Warsaw Uprising begins: W-hour is set for 17:00, though fighting broke out earlier in some areas. The Soviet advance is halted by an order from the Kremlin.
- 2 August 1944 – 3 August 1944 →
no entries in the database
- 4 August 1944 →
The Western Allies begin airdrops. Erich von dem Bach is appointed commander of the German forces against the Uprising.
- 5 August 1944 →
German forces begin the Wola massacres, with house-to-house killings of civilians.
- 6 August 1944 →
Polish units recapture the Haberbusch and Schiele brewery.
- 7 August 1944 – 8 August 1944 →
no entries in the database
- 9 August 1944 →
Heavy fighting begins around the Old Town and Bankowy Square, lasting until 18 August.
- 10 August 1944 – 21 August 1944 →
no entries in the database
- 22 August 1944 →
Stalin denies the Allied request to use Soviet landing strips for aircraft supplying the Uprising.
ongoing (2)
- 23 August 1944 – 25 August 1944 →
no entries in the database
- 26 August 1944 →
Soviet attacks on the 4th SS Panzer Corps resume, and German forces withdraw into Praga.
ongoing (2)
- 27 August 1944 – 28 August 1944 →
no entries in the database
- 29 August 1944 →
ongoing (2)
- 30 August 1944 – 1 September 1944 →
no entries in the database
- 2 September 1944 →
The Old Town defenders complete their withdrawal through the sewers.
ongoing (2)
- 3 September 1944 – 10 September 1944 →
no entries in the database
- 11 September 1944 →
The Soviet 47th Army moves into Praga.
ongoing (2)
- 12 September 1944 – 13 September 1944 →
no entries in the database
- 14 September 1944 →
The Polish Army in the East joins the fighting; on 14/15 September Berling's 1st Polish Army lands at Czerniaków and Powiśle and makes contact with Home Army forces.
ongoing (2)
- 15 September 1944 – 17 September 1944 →
no entries in the database
- 18 September 1944 →
A USAAF flight of B-17s drops supplies, the only US support of the Uprising.
ongoing (2)
- 19 September 1944 →
During the night, Home Army and 1st Polish Army landing forces retreat from the riverbank.
ongoing (2)
- 20 September 1944 – 26 September 1944 →
no entries in the database
- 27 September 1944 →
The Germans retake Mokotów.
ongoing (2)
- 28 September 1944 – 29 September 1944 →
no entries in the database
- 30 September 1944 →
Żoliborz falls to the Germans in the evening.
ongoing (2)
- 1 October 1944 →
no entries in the database
- 2 October 1944 →
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski's forces sign the capitulation order; fighting ceases that evening.
ongoing (2)
- 3 October 1944 →
The Germans begin disarming Home Army soldiers. After the capitulation the civilian population is expelled from the city.
ongoing (1)
Sources
- Warsaw Uprising · Wikipedia (EN)