Battalion Parasol was a Scouting

Scouting

Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....

 battalion

Battalion

A battalion is a military unit of around 300–1,200 soldiers usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel...

 of the Armia Krajowa

Armia Krajowa

The Armia Krajowa , or Home Army, was the dominant Polish resistance movement in World War II German-occupied Poland. It was formed in February 1942 from the Związek Walki Zbrojnej . Over the next two years, it absorbed most other Polish underground forces...

, the primary Polish resistance movement in World War II

Polish resistance movement in World War II

The Polish resistance movement in World War II, with the Home Army at its forefront, was the largest underground resistance in all of Nazi-occupied Europe, covering both German and Soviet zones of occupation. The Polish defence against the Nazi occupation was an important part of the European...

. It consisted mainly of members of the Szare Szeregi

Szare Szeregi

"Gray Ranks" was a codename for the underground Polish Scouting Association during World War II.The wartime organisation was created on 27 September 1939, actively resisted and fought German occupation in Warsaw until 18 January 1945, and contributed to the resistance operations of the Polish...

, distinguishing itself in many underground operations, and in the Warsaw Uprising

Warsaw Uprising

The Warsaw Uprising was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance Home Army , to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany. The rebellion was timed to coincide with the Soviet Union's Red Army approaching the eastern suburbs of the city and the retreat of German forces...

 of 1944 (as a member of the Radosław Group, a codename for a group of Kedyw

Kedyw

Kedyw , was an underground movement - Armia Krajowa organization during World War II, which specialized in active and passive sabotage, propaganda and armed action against Nazi German forces and collaborators.-Operations:...

, Polish underground organization).

History

It was first organized as "Agat" ("Anti-Gestapo") unit by Adam Borys "Pług", a Cichociemni

Cichociemni

Cichociemni were elite special-operations paratroops of the Polish Home Army of the Polish Army in exile, created in Great Britain during World War II to operate in occupied Poland.-The name:...

 elite soldier parachuted from England, in fall 1943. Due to arrest of Tadeusz Kostrzewski "Niemira" on 2 January 1944 it changed its name to "Pegaz" ("Przeciw Gestapo - Against the Gestapo

Gestapo

The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...

"), and after another arrest it was reorganized as "Parasol" (umbrella) battalion. The last name referred to a parachute, as the unit was intended to join Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade in free Poland.

The battalion is renowned for its numerous military actions in years 1943-1944. "Parasol" organized assassination missions, during which key Gestapo officers and high-rank Nazi German officials, responsible for extreme terror in Poland's Warsaw District, were killed. One of the most famous assassinations was the Operation Kutschera

Operation Kutschera

Operation Kutschera was the code name for the successful assassination of Franz Kutschera, SS and Reich's Police Chief in Warsaw, executed on 1 February 1944 by the Polish Resistance fighters of Home Army's Anti-Gestapo unit Agat...

 - the execution of Franz Kutschera

Franz Kutschera

Franz Kutschera was an SS General and Gauleiter of Carinthia...

, the SS and Police Leader

SS and Police Leader

SS and Police Leader was a title for senior Nazi officials that commanded large units of the SS, of Gestapo and of the regular German police during and prior to World War II.Three levels of subordination were established for bearers of this title:...

 in the Warsaw District, who was shot in the center of Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

 (in front of Warsaw SS Headquarters

Headquarters

Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities...

) in February 1944.

Józef Szczepański

Józef Szczepanski

Józef Szczepański was a Polish poet who was a member of the Armia Krajowa Polish resistance. Commander of the Batalion Parasol during the Warsaw Uprising, known under his codename Ziutek, he was also a notable poet of the occupation period...

, a poet, was the notable commander of this unit. The poet Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński

Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski

Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, was a Polish poet and Home Army soldier, one of the most renowned authors of the Generation of Columbuses, the young generation of Polish poets of whom many perished in the Warsaw Uprising.-Biography:...

 fought in its ranks and was killed in action by a German sniper in the first few days of the Warsaw Uprising.

Battalion fighters

• Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński
  Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski
  Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, was a Polish poet and Home Army soldier, one of the most renowned authors of the Generation of Columbuses, the young generation of Polish poets of whom many perished in the Warsaw Uprising.-Biography:...
  
  
• Adam Borys
• Janusz Brochwicz-Lewiński
• Marian Buczyński
• Zbigniew Czajkowski-Dębczyński
• Jerzy Dargiel
• Stanisław Jastrzębski
• Stanisław Leopold
• Andrzej Malewski
• Witold Modelski
• Zdzisław Poradzki
• Józef Szczepański
  Józef Szczepanski
  Józef Szczepański was a Polish poet who was a member of the Armia Krajowa Polish resistance. Commander of the Batalion Parasol during the Warsaw Uprising, known under his codename Ziutek, he was also a notable poet of the occupation period...
  
  
• Krystyna Wańkowicz
• Jerzy Zborowski
  Jerzy Zborowski
  Jerzy Eugeniusz Zborowski was born on July 26, 1922 in Warsaw and died in September 1944 in Warsaw, Poland)....
  
  
• Eugeniusz Schielberg ps. "Dietrich"
• Jerzy Zapadko ps "Mirski"

Losses during the Warsaw Uprising

district	casualties	%
Wola Wola Wola is a district in western Warsaw, Poland, formerly the village of Wielka Wola, incorporated into Warsaw in 1916. An industrial area with traditions reaching back to the early 19th century, it is slowly changing into an office and residential district...	54	19,2
Stare Miasto Stare Miasto - City districts :* Stare Miasto, Kraków * Stare Miasto, Police* Stare Miasto, Poznań * Stare Miasto, Szczecin* Stare Miasto, Warsaw* Stare Miasto, Wrocław...	118	41,8
Czerniaków Czerniaków Czerniaków is a neighbourhood of the city of Warsaw, located within the borough of Mokotów, between the escarpment of the Vistula river and the river itself....	91	32,3
Mokotów Mokotów Mokotów is a dzielnica of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Mokotów is densely populated. It is a seat to many foreign embassies and companies...	2	0,7
other	17	6,0
overall	282	100

External links

• http://www.warsawuprising.com/witness/parasol.htm
• The Warsaw Rising Museum