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178: 63:(Old town). In the beginning, there was only the 331st company which was later accompanied by the 332nd. An engineers’ unit was added later as well, the battalion counted 180 soldiers. In July 1944 the battalion was a part of the VI Group of the Military Service of Uprising's Defense. The unit took its name from the codename of its commander Erwin Brennesen, “Bolt”. 1341: 998: 614: 388: 314: 156:. The most important task of the battalion was to unable the Germans from marching through Jerozolimskie Avenue. Additionally, the battalion was ordered to build and protect a communication ditch which was to connect southern and northern parts of Srodmiescie. Heavy fights in defense of the ditch took place in early August. 163:
In late September the Germans had intensified their attacks from the Central Railway Station along Nowogrodzka Street and Jerozolimskie Avenue in order to split Srodmiescie in half. Three “goliaths” and four tanks were destroyed by the battalion in that section. The Germans never regained control of
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Particularly hard fighting took place during the recapture of the Firefighter School Building on Nowy Swiat Street. The building was strategically important as it closed access to the Three Crosses Square for the Germans.
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Prior to the uprising, the battalion was issued with reconnaissance of enemy-occupied buildings including the Ministry of Communications on Chałubinskiego Street and J.Słowackiego Gymnasium building on Wawelska Street.
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The battalion was formed between 1940 and 1941 in the 3rd region of the Srodmiescie district which included Srodmiescie,
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1st deputy commander – lt. Stefan Bigelmajer "Strzemiński" (commander from September 14)
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The area of operations of the battalion covered odd side of Jerozolimskie Avenue,
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32nd Company WSOP – commander lt. Ignacy Łyskanowski "Skiba Włodzimierz";
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31st Company WSOP – commander lt. Kazimierz Przecławski "Budzisz Ignacy"
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in the structures of the Military Service of Uprising's Defense. The
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1st company – commander lt. Ignacy Łyskanowski "Skiba Włodzimierz";
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was formed from the IV Group WSOP and took an active part in the
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Platoon 322 – commander lt. Bronisław Glancer "Bronisławski";
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Engineer's officer – lt. Jozef Lowinski “Bylinski Stanislaw”
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1st deputy commander – lt. Stefan Bigelmajer “Strzeminski”
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Commander – plut. Engineer Erwin Brennesen “Bolt Andtoni”
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Order of battle of the VI Group WSOP 31st of August 1944
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Platoon 321 – commander lt. Juliusz Normark "Szwed";
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Home Army
German
Poland
battalion
Warsaw Uprising
Srodmiescie
Powisle
Stare Miasto
Jerozolimskie Avenue
Marszalkowska Street
Three Crosses Square
Nowy Swiat Street
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