Defense of the Wola cemeteries

Defense of Wola cemeteries
Part of Warsaw Uprising
Soldiers of the Pięść Battalion among the graves of the Evangelical cemetery
Date 6–11 August 1944 Location complex of religious cemeteries and the area of Okopowa Street in Warsaw's Wola district Result German victory
Belligerents
Polish Underground State	Nazi Germany
Commanders and leaders
Jan Mazurkiewicz Wacław Janaszek	Heinz Reinefarth Willi Schmidt Max Reck
Strength
about 1,650 soldiers 2 captured tanks	about 3,800 soldiers with support from armored weapons, artillery and aviation armored train No. 75
Casualties and losses
50% of the original state of the Radosław Group	unknown

The defense of the Wola cemeteries consisted of defensive battles in the area of Powązki and Okopowa Street in Warsaw, conducted by soldiers of the Home Army's Kedyw during the Warsaw Uprising.

From August 6 to 11, 1944, the units of the Radosław Group fiercely defended the cemetery zone in Wola. Fighting in partial encirclement, they managed to tie down significant enemy forces in this area, thereby giving the Home Army command time to organize the defense of the Old Town. Not having received permission from superiors to evacuate to the nearby Kampinos Forest, Lieutenant Colonel Jan Mazurkiewicz, codenamed Radosław, was ultimately forced to withdraw his units through the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto to the Old Town. The battles in defense of the Wola cemeteries cost the Radosław Group more than half of its original personnel.