This is a list of military units taking part in the Warsaw Uprising, a Polish insurrection during the Second World War that began on August 1, 1944. Polish units Many of the Home Army units were formed before the beginning of the Uprising; several were organised in the following days as new volunteers joined. Units were assigned to given areas, namely: Area I (Śródmieście, Stare Miasto) Area II (Żoliborz, Marymont, Bielany) Area III (Wola) Area IV (Ochota) Area V (Mokotów) Area VI (Praga) Area VII (Powiat Warszawski) Zgrupowanie KeDywu Komendy Głównej Units were organised into battalions, companies and platoons. Many of those became famous either before the Uprising or during it, including 'Battalion Zośka', 'Czata 49', 'Parasol', and 'Miotła'. Armaments On August 1, the Home Army's arsenal consisted of: 1,000 rifles 1,700 pistols 300 machine pistols 60 submachine guns 7 machine guns 35 anti-tank guns 25,000 hand grenades Types of weapons used can be divided into the following categories: Polish Army weapons hidden after the invasion of Poland (FB Vis, Model 98a rifle, Karabinek wz. 1929, Browning wz. 1928, etc.) Homemade weaponry (Błyskawica, K pattern flamethrower, sidolówka, filipinka, Molotov cocktails, etc.) Weapons scavenged from the Wehrmacht (Luger pistol, Karabiner 98k, MP 40, etc.) Weapons bought directly from the Germans or on the black market Weapons from Allied forces, primarily supplied via airdrop (M1911 pistol, Sten, Bren, PIAT, etc.). Complete List of Home Army groups in the Warsaw Uprising The following list does not correspond with the above area list. On September 20 this structure was reorganised to fit the structure of Polish forces fighting among the Western Allies. The entire force was renamed to Warsaw Home Army Corps (Warszawski Korpus Armii Krajowej), commanded by general Antoni Chruściel (Monter) and consisted of three infantry divisions: 8th Romuald Traugutt Infantry Division (8 Dywizja Piechoty im. Romualda Traugutta) commanded by col. Żywiciel-Niedzielski 10th Maciej Rataj Infantry Division (10 Dywizja Piechoty im. Macieja Rataja) commanded by col. Radwan-Pleiffer 28th Stefan Okrzeja Infantry Division (28 Dywizja Piechoty im. Stefana Okrzei) commanded by col. Karol-Rokicki The names of smaller units (battalions, companies and platoons) were left intact (as in the above table). Composition of smaller fighting forces Although the vast majority of the resistance in Warsaw were members of Home Army, there was a small number of fighters who weren't members of that organisation. In the course of the Uprising some 1,700 members of other resistance