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Battle of Rząbiec
Part of World War 2

Monument to People's Army partisans and Soviet paratroopers killed by the NSZ
Date8 September 1944
Location
Rząbiec, Poland
Result NSZ victory
Belligerents
People's Army NSZ
Commanders and leaders
Tadeusz Grochal Antoni Szacki
Strength
~200 Soviet Partisans ~1200 Holy Cross Mountains Brigade soldiers
Casualties and losses
102 killed 1 killed

Battle of Rząbiec - guerrilla battle fought on 8 September 1944 in the forest near Rząbiec, Poland between units of the National Armed Forces and the People's Army. After a short battle, the forces of the National Armed Forces massacred the communists.[1]

Battle

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On the evening of September 7, 1944, a partisan unit of the People’s Army (Armia Ludowa, AL) named after Bartosz Głowacki, led by Captain Tadeusz Grochal "Tadek Biały", and a group of Soviet paratroopers under Major Ivan Karavayev, comprising about 200 fighters, arrived at a forester’s lodge near the village of Rząbiec (Kielce region). They gathered food, requisitioned livestock, and settled in for the night.[2]

That same evening, a unit from the National Armed Forces (NSZ) – specifically from the Holy Cross Mountains Brigade, commanded by Second Lieutenant Franciszek Bajcer "Sanowski" – entered the area. The next morning, a patrol from the AL was fired upon by unidentified armed men. In response, Grochal sent a platoon that surrounded and captured the NSZ patrol. The AL and Soviet commanders interrogated the prisoners and learned that numerous NSZ units were stationed nearby, including groups under commanders “Żbik”, “Lampart”, “Step”, “Jaxa”, and others, as well as the NSZ commander General Zygmunt Broniewski "Bogucki".[3][4]

According to AL sources, captured NSZ fighters were interrogated peacefully. However, one NSZ prisoner escaped and allegedly informed his command that the AL intended to execute the rest. This led to a large-scale NSZ attack the following day.[2][5]

On September 8, about 1,200 NSZ soldiers attacked the AL-Soviet camp from multiple directions. The offensive was led by Colonel Antoni Szacki "Bohun", with battalions commanded by “Żbik”, “Step”, and “Rusin”.[6]

Bibliography

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  1. Czesław Brzoza and Andrzej Leon Sowa treat the battle as a massacre
  2. Pamiętniki Polaków 1918-1978. Antologia pamiętnikarstwa polskiego, t. 2 Wojna i rewolucja 1939-1948, Warszawa: Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza, 1982, s. 433, ISBN 83-205-3147-0.
  3. Zbyszko Szymczyk, Mieczysław Tarchalski (1903–1981). Przyczynek do represji komunistycznych AK, „Niepodległość i Pamięć” 13/1 (22), 2006, s. 93–96.
  4. Wojciech Muszyński, Działania Brygady Świętokrzyskiej na Kielecczyźnie, Niezależna Gazeta Polska – Dodatek Specjalny IPN, 1.08.2008 r., s. 2.
  5. Lipka A., Zbrodnia pod Rząbcem, „Głos Kombatanta Armii Ludowej”, 10 (95), Warszawa, październik 2001, s. 18–22, ISSN 1233-6076.
  6. Alfred Lipka, Zbrodnia pod Rząbcem, „Głos Kombatanta Armii Ludowej”, 10 (95), Warszawa, październik 2001, s. 18–22, ISSN 1233-6076.

References

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  1. ^ Czesław Brzoza and Andrzej Leon Sowa treat the battle as a massacre
  2. ^ a b Pamiętniki Polaków 1918-1978. Antologia pamiętnikarstwa polskiego, t. 2 Wojna i rewolucja 1939-1948, Warszawa: Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza, 1982, s. 433, ISBN 83-205-3147-0.
  3. ^ Zbyszko Szymczyk, Mieczysław Tarchalski (1903–1981). Przyczynek do represji komunistycznych AK, „Niepodległość i Pamięć” 13/1 (22), 2006, s. 93–96.
  4. ^ Wojciech Muszyński, Działania Brygady Świętokrzyskiej na Kielecczyźnie, Niezależna Gazeta Polska – Dodatek Specjalny IPN, 1.08.2008 r., s. 2.
  5. ^ Lipka A., Zbrodnia pod Rząbcem, „Głos Kombatanta Armii Ludowej”, 10 (95), Warszawa, październik 2001, s. 18–22, ISSN 1233-6076.
  6. ^ Alfred Lipka, Zbrodnia pod Rząbcem, „Głos Kombatanta Armii Ludowej”, 10 (95), Warszawa, październik 2001, s. 18–22, ISSN 1233-6076.

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