Memorial of Operation Arsenal on Dluga Street in Warsaw, Poland.

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Operation Arsenal was the name given to an action by the "Grey Ranks" – Polish scout resistance organization - which took place on 26 March 1943 in Warsaw. A group of boy scouts attacked a German prison van that was transporting Polish political prisoners from the Gestapo Headquarters to the Pawiak prison, and successfully freed their comrade Jan Bytnar and 24 others.

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Size: 4680px × 3116px
Location: Dluga Street, Warsaw, Poland, Europe
Photo credit: © Dariusz Leszczynski / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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