Name day: Irena, Stanisław
Sunrise 6:31 am; sunset 7:01 pm; average air temperature: 12°C
Sunny, cloudy in the evening; Vistula river level: 55 cm



          The last reinforcement group - 63 soldiers led by Major Stanisław Łatyszonek, the Chief of Staff of the 9th Infantry Regiment, arrives at the Czerniaków beachhead at night.
          A group of injured soldiers is evacuated to the Praga bank of the Vistula River.
          In Czerniaków, from the morning heavy fights are taking place over the house of 5/7 Idźkowskiego Street.
          The enemy relentlessly launches an attack after an attack on the positions of the Czerniaków defenders.
          What is left of the "Zośka" battalion is forced to pull back from the house at 2 Okrąg Street, which is already destroyed by the "goliaths".
          The insurgents retreat back into Wilanowska Street.
          The whole of Czerniakowska Street is overrun by the Germans.

          At noon, 107 American B-17 Flying Fortresses under the protection of fighters appear over Warsaw. They parachute from very high altitudes ca. 1300 containers with weaponry, ammunition, food supplies and medical equipment.
          However, the wind carries the majority of the containers onto the area controlled by the Germans.
          Only about 20% of the "cargo" falls into the hands of the insurgents.
          Having delivered the supplies, the planes land in Poltava in the territory occupied by the Red Army.

          The German mediators deliver a letter from von dem Bach to the command of Żoliborz, in which he urges the Poles to surrender "in the name of humanitarian sentiments".
          In response to the letter, Lieutenant Colonel Mieczysław Niedzielski "Żywiciel" ("Breadwinner") reminds von dem Bach about "humanitarian" conduct of German troops in Warsaw.

edited by: Maciej Janaszek-Seydlitz

translated by: Beata Murzyn