The Żyrafa Group (Polish: ''Zgrupowanie Żyrafa'' (i.e. ''Giraffe Group'')) was a group of military units of

Armia Krajowa The Home Army (, ; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) established in the ...

, which fought during the

Warsaw Uprising The Warsaw Uprising (; ), sometimes referred to as the August Uprising (), or the Battle of Warsaw, was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from ...

of 1944 in the Sub district II of Żoliborz (of Armia Krajowa), which included the

Żoliborz Żoliborz () is one of the northern dzielnica, districts of the city of Warsaw. It is located directly to the north of the Warszawa-Śródmieście, City Centre, on the left bank of the Vistula river. It has approximately 50,000 inhabitants and is ...

district of

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

Composition and command

* Commander - sec. lieutenant Lt Ryszard “Tatar” Wołczyński, * 227th Scout Battalion - sec. Liaison officer Ewa Ponińska *Home Army - sec. Commander Gen Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski *1st company - commanded by sec. lieutenant Marian Mehrenhole pseudonym "Wiktor", *2nd company - commanded by sec. lieutenant Jan Zaliwski pseudonym "Jan"; *3rd company - commanded by sec. lieutenant Kazimierz Woyde pseudonym "Sikora".

Course of combat in the Warsaw Uprising 1944

During the last days the last days Żyrafa’s command was located in the buildings on Krasińskiego 20 and 29, and the Resurrectionist convent. The Germans were attacking first artillery drum fire, then tanks and troops. The group fought in Aleje Wojska Polskiego, in Stołeczna street, in Plac Henkla, in the Monastery of Zmartwychwstanki Sisters (the so-called " Zmartwychwstanki Fortress") in Krasińskiego street, where savage and bloody fights were waged. In the crossing of Krasińkiego and Stołeczna streets there was an access hatch into the sewer, by which communication with the Old Town was kept. Among others, Rajmund Kazimierz Łaszczyński fought in the group.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zyrafa Group Units and formations of the Home Army Military units and formations of the Warsaw Uprising

Composition and command

Course of combat in the Warsaw Uprising 1944

See also

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