Appendix 2

The Polish Army’s order of battle

A list of the units that took part in the battles, which district they were in, as well as their size, varies a great deal depending on the source. We have decided therefore to show two different lists and allow the reader to decide which is correct. The first is based on English and American sources, the second on Polish sources.

List of combat units, Polish Home Army, 1 August 1944.

The figures in brackets indicate the number of companies in each unit.

Old Town (STARE MIASTO)

Group Rog

· Boncza battalion (4)

· Gustaw-Harnas battalion (4)

· Wigry battalion (3)

· Dzil battalion

· PWB/17/5 Group

· One platoon of AL

Group Kuba-Sosna

· Gozdawa battalion (3)

· Lukasinski battalion (6)

· Chobry I battalion(4)

· KB battalion Nalecz

Group Lesnik (3)

Centre

Western section

· Zaremba-Piorun battalion (3)

· Golski battalion (5)

Northern section

· Belt battalion (3)

· Milosz battalion (3)

· Iwo battalion (4)

· Ruczaj battalion (4

· KB battalion Sokol (2)

Easter section/Czerniakow

Group Kryska

· Tur battalion

· Tum battalion

· Stefan battalion

In central reserve

Group Radoslaw

· Mitilta/Czata 49 battalion (3)

· Parasol battalion (3

· Piesc battalion

· Zoska battalion (3)

· Broda battalion 53

Group Chobry II

· Lech Zelazny battalion (3)

· Lech Grzybowski battalion (3)

Group Gurt

· Gurt battalion (4)

· WSOP Group IV (3)

Group Bartkiewicz (4)

Independent units

· Rum battalion (3)

· Kilinski battalion (6)

· OW-KB battalion Jur-Radwari(2))

· Koszta company

Powisle

Group Krybar

· Bicz battalion (4)

· Konrad III battalion (3)

· Group Elektrownia

Mokotow

Baswzta Regiment

· Baltyk battalion

· Olza battalion

· Karpaty battalion

Group Grzmaly

· Krawiec battalion

· Korwin battalion

Independent units

· 7th Uhlan Regiment Jelen

· Artillery Group Shell

· 1st Squadron Goral

· Odwet II battalion

· Zygmunt battalion (3)

· Oaza battalion

· 5th WSOP battalion (2)

Prague

· Grunwald battalion

· Bolek battalion

· Olszyna battalion

· Platerowek battalion

Okiecie

· 7th Infantry Regiment Garluch (1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions plus Artillery company Kuba)

Kampinos Forest

Group Kampinos

· Korwina battalion

· Strzaly battalion

· Znicza battalion

Zoliborz

· Group Zmija (3)

· Group Zubr (4)

· Group Zaglowiec (1)

· Group Zbik

· Group Zniwiarz

· Group Zyrafa (5)

Wola

· Sowinsko battalion (4)

· 18 independent platoons

Ochota

· Waclawa battalion (3

· Gustaw battalion (2)

· 12 independent platoons

A StuG III G somewhere in Warsaw.