Żyrafa Group
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The Żyrafa Group (Polish: Zgrupowanie Żyrafa (i.e. Giraffe Group)) was a group of military units of Armia Krajowa, which fought during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 in the Sub district II of Żoliborz (of Armia Krajowa), which included the Żoliborz district of Warsaw.
Composition and command[]
Commander - sec. lieutenant pseudonym "Tatar",
- 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[]
The group fought in , in Stołeczna street, in Plac Henkla, in the Monastery of Zmartwychwstanki Sisters (the so-called "") 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, fought in the group.
See also[]
- (Polish: Zgrupowanie Żubr)
- Żmija Group (Polish: Zgrupowanie Żmija)
- Żaglowiec Group (Polish: Zgrupowanie Żaglowiec)
- Żniwiarz Group (Polish: Zgrupowanie Żniwiarz
- Żbik Group (Polish: Zgrupowanie Żbik)
- Sub-district II of Żoliborz (of Armia Krajowa)
- Military description of the Warsaw Uprising
Categories:
- Units and formations of the Home Army
- Warsaw Uprising