What the records say
- When
- 1 Aug 1944
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 52.23° N, 21.01° E
- Description
- start of the Warsaw Uprising in WW2
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"W" Hour
Start of the Warsaw Uprising in WW2
"W" Hour, also spelled as W-Hour (Polish: Godzina „W”'), was the codename for the date and time that began Operation Tempest in German-occupied Warsaw, and hence the Warsaw Uprising. The exact time was 5:00 PM on 1 August 1944.
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