Warsaw Uprising 1944
Here is a very good site about the Uprising made by some Californians:
http://www.warsawuprising.com/
Here is link to some songs that were composed and sung during the Warsaw Uprising:
http://www.warsawuprising.com/songs.htm
Some of these songs translated:
PaŁacyk Michla:
Original Version (below is translated version):
Pałacyk Michla, Żytnia, Wola
Bronią jej chłopcy od 'Parasola'.
Choć na 'tygrysy' mają visy –
To warszawiaki, fajne chłopaki są!
Czuwaj wiara i wytężaj słuch,
Pręż swój młody duch,
Pracując za dwóch!
Czuwaj wiara i wytężaj słuch,
Pręż swój młody duch jak stal!
A każdy chłopak chce być ranny,
Sanitariuszki – morowe panny.
A gdy cię kula trafi jaka,
Poprosisz pannę – da ci buziaka – hej!
Czuwaj wiara...
Z tyłu za linią dekowniki,
Intendentura, różne umrzyki,
Gotują zupę, czarną kawę,
I tym sposobem - walczą za sprawę - hej!
Czuwaj wiara...
Za to dowództwo jest morowe,
bo w pierwszej linii nadstawia głowę,
a najmorowszy z przełożonych,
to jest nasz "Miecio" w kółko golony - hej!
Czuwaj wiara...
Wiara się bije, wiara śpiewa,
Szkopy się złoszczą, krew ich zalewa,
Różnych sposobów się imają,
Co chwila "szafę" nam posyłają - hej!
Czuwaj wiara...
Lecz na nic "szafa" i granaty,
za każdym razem dostają baty
i co dzień się przybliża chwila,
że zwyciężymy! i do cywila - hej!
Czuwaj wiaro i wytężaj słuch ...
Translation:
(Pałacyk = tiny Palace, Żytnia = street in Warsaw, Wola = district in Warsaw, ViS = polish pistol, "szafa" / "wardrobe" = kind of German armored vehicle, "Parasol" - one of Polish units)
Pałacyk Michla, Żytnia, Wola
It's defended by guys from "Parasol",
Though they have only ViSes for Tigers -
They are Warsawians, best guys they are!
Be on the alert and strain your hearing,
Be always strong,
Working as two men!
Be on the alert and strain your hearing,
Be always strong as steel!
And every boy wants to be wounded,
Cause our nurses - gorgeous ladies
And if a bloody bullet hit you,
Ask gently lady - she will kiss you - hey!
Be on the alert...
Behind the lines only marauders,
Commisariat, different deceaseds,
They cook some soup & drink black coffee -
And this is the way they fight for cause - hey!
Be on the alert...
But our commanders are fabulous,
Because they fight on the first line!
And the most gorgeous from commanders,
Is our "Miecio", who cut all his hair - hey!
Be on the alert...
People are fighting, People are singing,
Gerries are angry, their blood is up,
They're trying different tricks,
Each minute they send a "wardrobe" to us - hey!
Be on the alert...
But their "wardrobe" and grenades are nothing,
Each time, they got a scolding!
And every day it's closer and closer,
Our victory - then we'll be back homes - hey!
Be on the alert...
*During the almost day-long battle for Pałacyk Michla Poles from "Parasol" lost more than 20 KIA and Germans lost more than 100 KIA and many tanks and "wardrobes".
Warszawskie Dzieci:
Nie złamie wolnych żadna klęska,
Nie strwoży śmiałych żaden trud,
Pójdziemy razem do zwycięstwa,
Gdy ramię w ramie stanie lud.
Warszawskie dzieci pójdziemy w bój,
Za każdy kamień twój stolico damy krew.
Warszawskie dzieci pójdziemy w bój,
Gdy padnie rozkaz twój,
Poniesiem wrogom gniew!
Powiśle, Wola i Mokotów,
Ulica każda, każdy dom,
Gdy padnie pierwszy strzał bądź gotów,
Jak w ręku Boga złoty grom.
...
Warsaw's Children: (Powiśle, Wola, Mokotów - districts of Warsaw)
No defeat will crush freemen,
No difficulty will fear bravemen,
We'll go together to the victory,
When people will stand arm to arm
Warsaw's children we're going to strike,
For every stone of you, capital we will fight
Warsaw's children we're going to strike,
When your order will come,
We'll send enemies our fury!
Powiśle, Wola and Mokotów,
Every street, every house,
When the first shot come, be ready,
Like a golden bolt in the hand of God.
...
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Now some more info and statistic numbers from Warsaw Uprising:
I. Both sides forces:
1st August 1944 - beggining of Warsaw Rising:
Polish Home Army - 32,000 troops (18,000 in "front" units)
German forces - 15 - 16,000 troops
Maximum number of appriachable soldiers in one moment (different moments for both sides ofc):
Polish Home Army - 45 - 46,000 troops
German forces - More than 40,000 troops
Estimate total number of troops that took part in Warsaw Uprising:
Polish Home Army - 50 - 60,000 troops
German forces - At least 100,000 (many units fought in Warsaw only for few days or even few hours - they were in Warsaw only transitory, during they march from East Front towards western Poland)
II. Both sides losses:
German casualties in Warsaw Uprising:
- 10,000 KIA
- 7,000 MIA (including some murdered PoWs)
- 9,000 WIA
- 2,000 to 5,000 POWs (most of them in few first days of the Rising) - after captured, some of them died, some of them were missed and had never been found, some of them were killed during bombardments
- 3 airplanes
- 310 tanks / self-propelled artillery / armored cars
- 4 rocket launchers
- 22 caliber 75mm artillery guns
- 340 trucks and cars
Polish casualties in Warsaw Uprising:
I. Home Army:
- More than 9,000 KIA (including some murdered troops)
- 6,200 to 9,000 MIA (including some murdered troops)
- 8,000 WIA
These figures includes:
- 6 killed Lieutenants
- 13 killed Lieutenant Colonels
- 42 killed Majors
- at least 92 killed Captains
Names - "imię", surnames - "nazwisko", or nicknames - "pseudonim" of 9,000 Home Army troops, of troops who lost their lives during Uprising, are known and You can find them here: http://www.1944.pl/index.php?a=site_wall&STEP=01
15,000 Polish Home Army troops capitulated to the Germans after the end of Rising (including 900 officers, 2,000 women). Another 6,000 Home Army troops went out of Warsaw with civilians. Rest of survivors escaped from Warsaw (most of them to Kampinos Forest) and continued their fight. Also some of civilians escaped from the city with Home Army troops.
II. Berling's Army, while helping Warsaw's Home Army, lost:
- 5,556 wounded and killed:
- In Żoliborz and Czerniaków (left bank Warsaw) - 2,297 KIA, 1,467 WIA from 9. Infantry Regiment (3. Infantry Division) and 6. Infantry Regiment (2. Infantry Division)
- While fighting in Praga (right bank Warsaw), between 10. and 14 September 1944 - 1792 KIA and WIA from 1. Infantry Division
Berling's Army didn't manage to dislodge Germans from the city, Berling's troops got to the left bank of Vistula, but after heavy fighting they had to withdraw from their bridgeheads on Czerniaków and Żoliborz.
III. Civilian losses:
At the beggining of the Rising, Warsaw had 920,000 (200,000 in Praga, 720,000 in left bank Warsaw) to 1,150,000 inhabitants
- 120,000 to 180,000 civilians were killed / murdered / died of wounds - 63,000 of them were murdered by Germans
Most of those murderred people (63,000 murderred civilians and murderred troops) were murderred by:
- SS-Sturmbrigade RONA
- Sicherheitspolizei Einsatzkommandos and Sonderkommandos from SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Reinefarth's Combat Group and other units
- Dirlewanger's Units
- 2 x Verbrennungskommando (these units were burning murderred civilians corpses)
- Schutzpolizei
- Panzer-Parachute Division "Hermann Göring"
- 25. Panzer Division (in Marymont)
- 19. Panzer Division
500,000 to 700,000 civilians were expelled from the city after the end of Rising - 55,000 to 60,000 of them were sent to concentration and death camps (13,000 of them to Auschwitz).
IV. Other losses:
- 10,455 buildings, 923 historical buildings (94%), the highest scyscrapper in Warsaw - "Prudential" (66 m to the roof), 25 churches, 14 libraries including the National Library, 81 elementary schools, 64 high schools, Warsaw University and Polytechnic buildings, most of the monuments - were destroyed.
After the end of the Rising remaining buildings were systematically destroying (German troops were ordered to destroy all that remained)
During the Rising 25% city buildings were destroyed, after the Rising Germans destroyed 35% buildings. During September Campaign 10% buildings had been destroyed. During Getto Uprising 15%. At the end of the war 85% of Warsaw buildings were destroyed - on the right bank of river Vistula higher percent of the buildings perished, than in Praga.
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