Andrej Tihomirow

Warsaw Uprising 1944 Andrej Tihomirow

The beginning of the liberation of Poland by the Red Army and the Polish Warriors, the establishment of the Polish Committee for National Liberation worried the reaction. Aiming to create political difficulties for the Soviet troops liberating Poland and to prevent Polish workers from establishing their power, the command of the Army of Krajowa on August 1, 1944 ordered to start an uprising in Warsaw. The uprising was raised in agreement with the emigrant government, but secretly from the Soviet command and without taking into account the specific situation on the front. The purpose of the reaction was to seize Warsaw before the approach of the Soviet troops and transfer of power to the "Provincial Council of Ministers" created on July 26 as a counterbalance to the Polish Committee of National Liberation. The uprising was timed to coincide with the trip of the Prime Minister of the Polish emigrant government Mikolajczyk who was in London to Moscow for negotiations with the Soviet government. The organizers of the uprising and their patrons in Polish emigration circles in London based their calculations on the assumption that the British will provide the rebels with political support and military assistance.