Editing Operation Tempest (section)

===Warsaw Uprising===
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[[File:26PPAK relief Warsaw Uprising.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Armia Krajowa|Polish Home Army]]'s [[26th Infantry Regiment AK|26th Infantry Regiment]] en route from the [[Kielce]]–[[Radom]] area to [[Warsaw]] in an attempt to join the [[Warsaw Uprising]]]]
Seeing the fate of the Home Army forces that had taken part in Operation Tempest, the [[Polish government in exile]] and the Home Army's current commander, General [[Tadeusz Komorowski|Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski]], decided that the last chance for regaining Poland's independence was to open an uprising in Warsaw. On July 21, 1944, Bór-Komorowski ordered that the Warsaw Uprising begin at 17:00 hours on August 1, 1944. The political goal was to emphasize for the Allies the existence of the Polish government and Polish civil authorities.  Warsaw was to be taken in order to allow the legitimate [[Polish government in exile|Polish government]] to return from exile to Poland.

At the same time, other Home Army districts were also mobilized. Units of the [[Kraków]] area were preparing an uprising, similar to the one in Wilno, Lwów and Warsaw, but it was cancelled due to several reasons (see: [[Kraków Uprising (1944)]]). In the [[Kielce]] and [[Radom]] area, the [[2nd Polish Home Army Division]] was formed and took control of the entire area except for the cities. Other units were also mustered in Kraków, [[Łódź]] and [[Greater Poland]].