Aug. 1, 1944
The uprising is slated to begin at 5 p.m. However, skirmishes start much earlier: the first clash in Zoliborz starts at 1:50 p.m. In City Centre and Wola, fighting also breaks out before the fixed hour at about 4:30 p.m.
Aug. 2
The State Securities Printing House (PWPW) is captured in the Old Town, the Germans having been totally forced out of the district by then. In City Centre, the third assault battalion Kilinski captures the Main Post Office building, Arbeitsamt on Malachowskiego Square and a number of smaller facilities. In Wola, many barricades are raised during the night, closing the city from the west. In Mokotow, Germans murder about 500 prisoners in the prison on Rakowiecka Street and Jesuits from the seminary. A skirmish of Ochota units near Pecice. Germans murder all the hostages taken there.
Aug. 3
Thanks to the capture of Blank Palace, Teatralny Square becomes the southern defense line of the Old Town. In City Centre, Second Lieutenant 'Zdunin' unit captures Pocztowy Station on Zelazna Street. The first bombing of Wola takes place. In Ochota, the few AK units to remain in the city take positions in buildings.
Thanks to the capture of Blank Palace, Teatralny Square becomes the southern defense line of the Old Town. In City Centre, Second Lieutenant 'Zdunin' unit captures Pocztowy Station on Zelazna Street. The first bombing of Wola takes place. In Ochota, the few AK units to remain in the city take positions in buildings.
(For more of The Home Army's day to day diaries, follow this link for days August 1st 1994 - October 2nd 1994)
"Warsaw Uprising: Day-by-Day." Warsaw Uprising: Day-by-Day. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Apr. 2013.
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