Why did the Warsaw uprising fail?
The Warsaw Uprising seemed like it would have been a successful movement, but that was not the case at all. The Uprising failed, but How?
The Three websites I used in my research are:
Warsaw Uprising
This website gives you a greater and wider picture of the uprising in Poland, and you can contact the author.
Info Poland
This website is sponsored by the University of Buffalo and it states its sources.
History Learning Site
This website is from the United Kingdom and you can contact the author of the page.
My Findings!
How did the Warsaw uprising fail?
The first websites states that there was three main reasons that the uprising failed. They were global politics, lack of support, and miscalculations (Website #1). Global politics is a reason because in the early spring of 1943 the soviet Union broke off its diplomatic relationships with the Polish government. From then on the Soviet Unions government became openly hostile to the lawful Polish government in London and its representation in occupied Poland (Website #1). Lack of support was a major role because the Russians controlled over 100 airfields within Warsaw's range, however their planes disappeared from the Warsaw sky, not until September 18th the first allied airdrop took place, but by that time the uprising was already doomed (Website #1). This delay was in large part caused by the Soviet Union's refusal to allow allied planes on mission to Warsaw to land on its airfields (Website #1). Lastly Miscalculations, The Home Army believed that the Soviet Unions's military goal of their spring offensive was to capture Warsaw. Poles werer unaware that this objective might be suspended by the Soviet Union's political goal of eliminating all of the potential opponents of the future communist-led government in Poland (Website #1).
The Second website says that some of the reasons that uprising failed was lack of weapons and ammunition (Website #2). On August 5th Polish bomber pilots flying from bases on the Apula (Italy) started making nightly ammo drops over Warsaw, but the pilots had to fly right back to Italy, since the Soviets refused them permission to land on their ground (Website #2). Unfortunately it wasn't enough, many of the airdrops actually fell into German hands, and the deliveries were eventually called off because of the high risk and relatively low return (Website #2)
the third website explains more about the reason the uprising failed because of the lack of ammunition. By day five of the uprising, the Poles had capture many german weapons but their expenditure on ammunition meant that despite captured German weapons, the Poles were running short of ammunition. The Pols also lacked the necessary weapons to successfully attack the well defended German emplacements within the city (Website #3)
The first websites states that there was three main reasons that the uprising failed. They were global politics, lack of support, and miscalculations (Website #1). Global politics is a reason because in the early spring of 1943 the soviet Union broke off its diplomatic relationships with the Polish government. From then on the Soviet Unions government became openly hostile to the lawful Polish government in London and its representation in occupied Poland (Website #1). Lack of support was a major role because the Russians controlled over 100 airfields within Warsaw's range, however their planes disappeared from the Warsaw sky, not until September 18th the first allied airdrop took place, but by that time the uprising was already doomed (Website #1). This delay was in large part caused by the Soviet Union's refusal to allow allied planes on mission to Warsaw to land on its airfields (Website #1). Lastly Miscalculations, The Home Army believed that the Soviet Unions's military goal of their spring offensive was to capture Warsaw. Poles werer unaware that this objective might be suspended by the Soviet Union's political goal of eliminating all of the potential opponents of the future communist-led government in Poland (Website #1).
The Second website says that some of the reasons that uprising failed was lack of weapons and ammunition (Website #2). On August 5th Polish bomber pilots flying from bases on the Apula (Italy) started making nightly ammo drops over Warsaw, but the pilots had to fly right back to Italy, since the Soviets refused them permission to land on their ground (Website #2). Unfortunately it wasn't enough, many of the airdrops actually fell into German hands, and the deliveries were eventually called off because of the high risk and relatively low return (Website #2)
the third website explains more about the reason the uprising failed because of the lack of ammunition. By day five of the uprising, the Poles had capture many german weapons but their expenditure on ammunition meant that despite captured German weapons, the Poles were running short of ammunition. The Pols also lacked the necessary weapons to successfully attack the well defended German emplacements within the city (Website #3)