ABSTRACT
Warsaw (8-27 September 1939) [See map 31 on page 1341] “I wanted Warsaw to be great. Today Warsaw, de fending the honor of Poland, is at the pinnacle of her greatness.” Thus did Lord Mayor Stefan Starzyriski (q.v.) describe his city’s defense during the Polish campaign of 1939. Lengthy and terri bly destructive, it was one of the key siege opera tions of World War II. Indeed, the battle repre sented a significant challenge to German forces and their Fall WEISS (Case WHITE) plan for the conquest of Poland (q.v.).
