Surrender of Warsaw

After Germany's attack on Poland, Warsaw came under siege. The city's defenders and civilian population endured heavy artillery fire and bombing.

After Germany's attack on Poland, Warsaw came under siege. The city's defenders and civilian population endured heavy artillery fire and bombing.

At the end of September 1939, organised Polish defence of the capital ceased. German troops took control of the city following its surrender.

The fall of the capital was one of the decisive episodes of the Polish campaign, but it did not mean the end of Polish resistance or of Polish state institutions operating in exile.

The occupation of Warsaw began a long period of Nazi terror, persecution of the city's inhabitants and destruction of its Jewish population.

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