The District of Warsaw (of Armia Krajowa) (Polish: ') - one of territorial organisational units of the Polish Home Army, covered the territory of Warsaw and its close neighbourhood i.e. the Powiat of Warsaw. Military units belonging to that district took part in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.
The rest of the territory of Mazovia, i.e. the Warsaw Voivodship, was included into a larger organisational unit, the Area of Warsaw of Armia Krajowa.
Organisational structure
Chief of the district - colonel Antoni ChruÃ
Âciel pseudonym Monter, Nurt,
- Sub-district I of Ã
ÂródmieÃ
Âcie including the Old Town (Pol.: Obwód I Ã
ÂródmieÃ
Âcie) - commanded by lieutenant-colonel Edward Pfeiffer pseudonym Radwan,
- Sub-district II of Ã
»oliborz, Marymont, Bielany (Pol.: Obwód II Ã
»oliborz, Marymont, Bielany, also called Obwód Ã
»ywiciel) - commanded by lieutenant-colonel MieczysÃ
Âaw Niedzielski pseudonym Ã
»ywiciel,
- Sub-district III of Wola (of Armia Krajowa) (Pol.: Obwód III Wola) - commanded by major Jan Tarnowski pseudonym Waligóra,
- Sub-district IV of Ochota (Pol.: Obwód IV Ochota) - commanded by lieutenant-colonel MieczysÃ
Âaw SokoÃ
Âowski pseudonym GrzymaÃ
Âa,
- Sub-district V od Mokotów (Pol.: Obwód V Mokotów) - commanded by lieutenant-colonel Aleksander Hrynkiewicz pseudonym Przegonia,
- Sub-district VI of Praga (Pol.: Obwód VI Praga) - commanded by lieutenant-colonel Antoni Ã
»urowski pseudonym Bober,
- Sub-district VII of Powiat Warszawski (Pol.: Obwód VII Powiat Warszawski, also called Obwód ObroÃ
¼a) - commanded by majot Kazimierz KrzyÃ
¼ak pseudonym BronisÃ
Âaw,
- Autonomous Region VIII of OkÃÂcie (Pol.: Samodzielny Rejon VIII OkÃÂcie) - commanded by major StanisÃ
Âaw Babiarz pseudonym Wysocki.
Effective force
The roll of the District of Warsaw of Armia Krajowa on recorded approximately 50,000 soldiers. The effective force of military units during the Warsaw Uprising amounted to between 25,000 and 28,000 soldiers. At the Hour "W", around 2,500 armed insurgents began the combat.
See also
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