Martin Antonenko
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Warsaw, Sunday, August 10, 1944
The last defenders, who have melted down to a small residue, can hold on to the Ochota district throughout the day - only towards evening do the last survivors leave through the sewer system - and manage to make their way through ...:
The advancing “RONA” soldier of “General” Kaminski then kills every Pole in the vicinity of the abandoned positions - regardless of whether they are wounded combatants or civilians!
In Wola, AK fighters from the Radoslaw group manage to defend the Jewish cemetery against all German attacks throughout the day - and even capture a "Panther" tank of the SS "Viking"...:
The group "Chrobry II" succeeds in defending the building of the Haberbusch brewery against several German attacks, whereby the attackers and those attacked suffer heavy losses ...:
In the afternoon, the Germans take the power station occupied by the Poles on the third day of the uprising in the Powiśle district under heavy fire, where the AK fighters are still somehow producing electricity ...:
Both the electricity production and the defense positions can be maintained until the evening!
In the afternoon, RAF “Lancaster” planes appear again ...
... over Warsaw - and again place a precise "airdrop" with weapons and supplies on the two cemeteries - to which the AK fighters cling so doggedly for precisely this reason!
As soon as the British have disappeared into the sky, they are "replaced" by machines of the German Luftwaffe ...
... which this time don't drop bombs, but again masses of leaflets with the German "ultimatum" ...:
A full translation is not worthwhile. The German ultimatum calls on the insurgents: "Put down your arms and surrender, otherwise you will all die!" And makes all sorts of promises in the event of surrender:
Protection of life, food, medical care, treatment as prisoners of war (for fighters) as well as “housing” and “well-paid work” (for non-combatants).
The Poles, however, know only too well that they MAY die if they keep fighting, but WILL definitely die if they surrender!
The raging of the Ukrainian militias of SS-General Reinefarth, the murders of the criminal brigade "Dirlewanger" - but especially the cruel slaughter of "General" Kaminski's "RONA" members show the Poles what lies ahead if they give up...
Heinrich Himmler's order to kill all Warsaw residents without distinction has meanwhile got around ...
The last defenders, who have melted down to a small residue, can hold on to the Ochota district throughout the day - only towards evening do the last survivors leave through the sewer system - and manage to make their way through ...:
The advancing “RONA” soldier of “General” Kaminski then kills every Pole in the vicinity of the abandoned positions - regardless of whether they are wounded combatants or civilians!
In Wola, AK fighters from the Radoslaw group manage to defend the Jewish cemetery against all German attacks throughout the day - and even capture a "Panther" tank of the SS "Viking"...:
The group "Chrobry II" succeeds in defending the building of the Haberbusch brewery against several German attacks, whereby the attackers and those attacked suffer heavy losses ...:
In the afternoon, the Germans take the power station occupied by the Poles on the third day of the uprising in the Powiśle district under heavy fire, where the AK fighters are still somehow producing electricity ...:
Both the electricity production and the defense positions can be maintained until the evening!
In the afternoon, RAF “Lancaster” planes appear again ...
... over Warsaw - and again place a precise "airdrop" with weapons and supplies on the two cemeteries - to which the AK fighters cling so doggedly for precisely this reason!
As soon as the British have disappeared into the sky, they are "replaced" by machines of the German Luftwaffe ...
... which this time don't drop bombs, but again masses of leaflets with the German "ultimatum" ...:
A full translation is not worthwhile. The German ultimatum calls on the insurgents: "Put down your arms and surrender, otherwise you will all die!" And makes all sorts of promises in the event of surrender:
Protection of life, food, medical care, treatment as prisoners of war (for fighters) as well as “housing” and “well-paid work” (for non-combatants).
The Poles, however, know only too well that they MAY die if they keep fighting, but WILL definitely die if they surrender!
The raging of the Ukrainian militias of SS-General Reinefarth, the murders of the criminal brigade "Dirlewanger" - but especially the cruel slaughter of "General" Kaminski's "RONA" members show the Poles what lies ahead if they give up...
Heinrich Himmler's order to kill all Warsaw residents without distinction has meanwhile got around ...
