The Polish garrison fought against overwhelming odds and repulsed all German attacks from 1 to 7 September.

Dąbrowski was awarded the Order of Virtuti Militari V class, the Gold Cross of Merit, the Medal for Odra, Nysa and the Baltic and the Grunwaldzka Badge.

[citation needed] During the postwar years, Melchior Wańkowicz's mythologised account of Henryk Sucharski as a brave commander enduring under hopeless odds became the main source of information on Westerplatte action.

It is often thought that the communist authorities preferred to maintain the myth of Sucharski, a heroic son of a peasant and shoemaker, than to support his deputy, Dąbrowski, who was born into a szlachta family.

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