Wola Subdistrict (Home Army)

The Wola Subdistrict was a command of the Home Army's Warsaw District which was active during World War II.

Under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Jan Tarnowski, Home Army units from the subdistrict fought against German-led Axis forces in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.

They fought in the Wola neighbourhood of Warsaw from 1 to 6 August 1944, when Axis units forced them to retreat to the Old Town, Śródmieście and the Kampinos Forest.

[1] The Wola Subdistrict included the following Home Army units: The place of concentration of the Region I on 1 August was Górce-Blizne.

On the night of 3 August 1944, fighters from the 1st Company were sent to a Jewish cemetery in Wola to receive Allied air drops.

The enemy had manned a viaduct and mastered the neighbourhood by conducting fire from guard towers placed along the railway line.

The Wola units were organised into the Józef Sowiński Bataillon, which fought in streets of Komitetowa, Pańska, Ceglana / Żelazna crossing, Grzybowska, on the area of the Norblin Factory and the Haberbusch Brewery.