Editing Operation Tempest (section)

=== Lublin ===
Operation Tempest in the area of [[Lublin]] took place in the final two weeks of July 1944. The Home Army created there such units, as 3rd Infantry Division, 9th Infantry Division, 15th Infantry Regiment, also units of [[Bataliony Chłopskie]] and other resistance organizations, plus [[27th Home Army Infantry Division (Poland)]] from the province of [[Volhynia]]. All together, Polish forces in the region had some 20,000 men.

The partisans attacked retreating German forces along railways and roads in the whole district of Lublin. In several cases, they defended villages pacified by the [[Wehrmacht]] and the [[SS]]. Poles cooperated with [[Red Army]] guerillas, which also operated in the area.

In the south (the region of [[Zamość]]), 9th Infantry Regiment under Major Stanislaw Prus liberated the town of [[Bełżec, Lublin Voivodeship|Bełżec]] (July 21). Together with the Soviets, they captured [[Tomaszów Lubelski]]. German forces were attacked in several locations, including [[Frampol]] and [[Zwierzyniec]].

On July 21 and 22, Volhynian 27th Division captured [[Kock]], [[Lubartów]] and [[Firlej]]. In western part of the province, 8th and 15th Infantry Regiments liberated a number of towns: [[Kurów]], [[Urzędów]], [[Nałęczów]], [[Garbów]], [[Wąwolnica, Lublin Voivodeship|Wąwolnica]], [[Sobolew, Lublin Voivodeship|Sobolew]], [[Ryki]], [[Końskowola]]. On July 26, Polish units cooperated with Soviet forces fighting for [[Puławy]]. Several German rail transports were destroyed, and Polish soldiers saved Końskowola from Germans, who planned to set the town on fire.