page_title: Sub-district II of Żoliborz (of Armia Krajowa)
section_title: Course of combat in the Warsaw Uprising 1944
hierarchical_section_title: Sub-district II of Żoliborz (of Armia Krajowa) / Course of combat in the Warsaw Uprising 1944
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Kwatera żołnierzy Obwodu II AK „Żoliborz” (tzw. kwatera „Żywiciela”) na Powązkach Wojskowych w Warszawie. English: The Armia Krajowa’s Sub-district II “Żoliborz” quarter (so-called “Żywiciel” quarter) at the Military Cemetery in Warsaw.
context_page_description: The Sub-district II of Żoliborz (of Armia Krajowa) - a territorial organisational unit of the District of Warsaw of Armia Krajowa. It covered the area of Żoliborz in Warsaw, fought in conspiracy during the German occupation of Poland during World War II and openly during the Warsaw Uprising 1944.
context_section_description: On 1 August at the hour "W" 60% of soldiers turned up in the place of mobilisation. Because of shortages of weapon and failure to use the factor of surprise, attacks of the insurgent units were forced back. The sub-district's units suffered large losses in people and equipment.
  In the evening on 1 August lieutenant-colonel "Żywiciel" made a decision to withdraw the units to the Kampinos Forest and sent a woman liaison officer Ludmiła Bassalik-Chabielska pseudonym "Irena" with a report of the situation and a request of further orders to the commander of the District of Warsaw colonel Antoni Chruściel pseudonym "Monter". The same officer returned to the sub-district's units stationed in Sieraków with the order of immediate return of the units into their abandoned positions in Żoliborz. On 4 August the units reached the center of Żoliborz and joined the course of fights.
  Lieutenant-colonel "Żywiciel" reorganised the sub-district II and ordered to re-group the units. He created 6 groups (Polish: zgrupowanie plural: zgrupowania) of the line, with cryptonyms starting from letter "Ż":
  Żaglowiec Group (Sailing-ship Group) (Polish: "Zgrupowanie Żaglowiec"),
  Żbik Group (Wildcat Group) (Polish: "Zgrupowanie Żbik"),
  Żmija Group (Viper Group) (Polish: "Zgrupowanie Żmija"),
  Żniwiarz Group (Harvester Group) (Polish: "Zgrupowanie Żniwiarz").
  Żubr Group (Aurochs Group') (Polish: "Zgrypowanie Żubr"),
  Żyrafa Group (Giraffe Group) (Polish: "Zgrupowanie Żyrafa").
  Carrying on heavy fights and suffering large losses, the units of the sub-district hold out on until the capitulation of Żoliborz on 30 September 1944.
  The following persons, among others, fought in the sub-district: Henryk Ligięza, Danuta Przystasz, Jan Strzelecki and Zygmunt Trószyński.
caption: Graves of the soldiers of "Żywiciel" at the Powązki Military Cemetery
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