Warsaw Uprising facts, figures, and statistics
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This page covers facts and statistics about the Warsaw Uprising, a Polish insurgence during the Second World War that begun on August 1 of 1944.
[edit] Casualties
The exact number of casualties on both sides is unknown to this day. According to various estimates1 the casualties were as follows:
| Side | KIA | WIA | MIA | POW |
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| Polish 2 | 10,000 to 18,000 | 8,000 to 28,000 | all declared dead | 15,000 |
| German3 | 10,000 to 17,000 | 9,000 | 7,000 4 | 2,000 to 5,000 |
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- 1 sources for estimates come from Jerzy Kirchmayer book (see Related Reading section below)
- 2 The higher number includes all fighting personnel, both men, women and children fighting in support formations, the lower number includes just the military personnel. Many wounded captured by the Germans were executed on the spot.
- 3The number includes all troops fighting under German command, including Germans, Azeri, Hungarians, Russians, Ukrainians, Cossacksetc. Also, the number come from General von dem Bach himself and should probably be higher.
- 4German MIA were never declared dead and are still considered missing 60 years after the battle. According to various Polish historians (among them col. Jerzy Kirchmayer) the purpose of this policy is to lessen the total casualties rate.
Overall Polish losses were between 150,000 and 200,000. Most of them died as a result of mass executions and massive bombardment - eg. after taking Wola district German soldiers executed approximately 40,000 civilians.
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