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- When
- 5 Aug 1944
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 52.25° N, 20.99° E
- Description
- Liberation of Warsaw concentration camp during the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944
- War
- World War II
Liberation of Warsaw concentration camp
The liberation of Warsaw concentration camp, also known as the liberation of Gęsiówka, was a successful assault on the Nazi Warsaw concentration camp carried out by the Zośka Battalion of the Home Army on 5 August 1944, on the fifth day of the Warsaw Uprising.
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