Batalion Zośka

Batalion Zośka

Batalion Zośka was a Scouting battalion of the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa or "AK") during World War II. It mainly consisted of members of the Szare Szeregi boy scouts. A part of the Radosław Regiment, the battalion played a major role in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.

Zośka was named after Tadeusz Zawadzki, who used the name as his pseudonym during the AK's early days. He was killed during a partisan action.

Zośka fighters liberated prisoners of the concentration camp Gęsiówka in the August 1944. The 383 able-bodied prisoners (including 348 Jews), both men and women who were left in Gęsiówka to assist with the destruction of the evidence of mass murder, were rescued from certain death. Most of these survivors joined the Zośka unit and fought in the Warsaw uprising.

Other famous AK battalions were: Miotła, Czata, Pięść and Parasol.

Order of battle of the battalion (Warsaw Uprising)


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