Under the order of the commander of the Home Army, General Tadeusz Komorowski „Bora”, the Warsaw Uprising began on August 1, 1944 at 5.00 pm, the so-called “W-Hour.” Its aim was to liberate the Polish capital from the German occupation before the Red Army entered. The Home Army and the authorities of the Polish Underground State intended to reveal themselves and appear before the Polish Committee of National Liberation