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Operation Bürkl
	Part of Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)
Date	September 7, 1943
Location	Warsaw, occupied Poland
Result	Polish resistance victory
Belligerents
Directorate of Sabotage and Diversion of the AK	SS
Commanders and leaders
Jerzy Zborowski	Franz Bürkl †
Strength
5	Unknown
Casualties and losses
None	8 killed

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Operation Bürkl (operacja Bürkl), or the special combat action Bürkl (specjalna akcja bojowa Bürkl), was a daring operation by the Polish resistance conducted on September 7, 1943. It the second action of Operation Heads, a series of assassinations of notorious SS officers in Warsaw carried out by the Kedyw's special group Agat ("Anti-Gestapo") between 1943-1944, and the first successful of them.

The goal of the operation was to "liquidate" Franz Bürkl, a notorious [[Sicherheitspolizei|] officer who has been sentenced to death by the Polish Special Courts for his sadistic murders of at least several dozen people. Bürkl, who had to be first identified and tracked-down, was ambushed in broad daylight on the city's main Marszałkowska Street by a group of five young AK fighters armed with Sten submachine guns and a Filipinka hand grenades. The assassins, led by 21-year old Jerzy Zborowski, were recruited for Agat from the underground scouting organization Szare Szeregi. Bürkl and seven other German policemen were killed in the 90-second shoot-out. There were no losses for the resistance, however the Nazis killed 20 inmates of Pawiak in a public execution in reprisal for the attack.

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Template:Pl icon Specjalna operacja bojowa Bürkl
Template:Pl icon Specjalna operacja bojowa Bürkl (a different article)

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 {{Infobox Military Conflict
 |conflict=Operation Bürkl
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 |partof=[[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)]]
 |date=September 7, 1943
-|place=[[Warsaw]], [[Poland]]
+|place=[[Warsaw]], [[General Government|occupied Poland]]
-|result=Polish victory, Bürkl killed
+|result=Polish resistance victory
-|combatant1=[[Image:Flaga PPP.svg|25px]] [[Kedyw]] of the [[Armia Krajowa|AK]]
+|combatant1=[[Image:Flaga PPP.svg|25px]] [[Kedyw|Directorate of Sabotage and Diversion]] of the [[Armia Krajowa|AK]]
-|combatant2=[[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|25px]] [[Nazi Germany]]
+|combatant2=[[Image:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|25px]] [[Schutzstaffel|SS]]
 |commander1=[[Jerzy Zborowski]]
 |commander2=[[Franz Bürkl]]{{KIA}}
 |strength1=5
-|strength2=?
+|strength2=Unknown
 |casualties1=None
 |casualties2=8 killed
 }}
-'''Operation Bürkl''' (''Operacja Bürkl'') was the daring operation by the [[Polish resistance movement in World War II|Polish Resistance]] to kill [[Franz Bürkl]], a notorious [[Sicherheitspolizei]] officer sentenced to death by the [[Special Courts]].
+'''Operation Bürkl''' (''operacja Bürkl''), or the '''special combat action Bürkl''' (''specjalna akcja bojowa Bürkl''), was a daring operation by the [[Polish resistance movement in World War II|Polish resistance]] conducted on September 7, 1943. It the second action of [[Operacja Główki|Operation Heads]], a series of [[assassination]]s of notorious SS officers in [[Warsaw]] carried out by the [[Kedyw]]'s special group Agat ("Anti-[[Gestapo]]") between 1943-1944, and the first successful of them.
-==Operation==
-On September 7, 1943, Bürkl was gunned down by a group of five young [[Armia Krajowa]] fighters from the anti-[[Gestapo]] unit [[Agat (AK)|Agat]] recruited for [[Kedyw]] from [[Szare Szeregi]], led by the 21 year-old [[Jerzy Zborowski]] ("Jeremi") and armed with [[Sten submachine gun]]s, [[handgun]]s and [[hand grenade]]s. Seven other German troops were also reported killed in the 90-second shoot-out, with no Polish losses.
-The action took place in broad daylight on the [[Warsaw]]'s main [[Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw|Marszałkowska Street]].
-==Aftermath==
+The goal of the operation was to "liquidate" [[Franz Bürkl]], a notorious [[Sicherheitspolizei|] officer who has been sentenced to death by the Polish [[Special Courts]] for his sadistic murders of at least several dozen people. Bürkl, who had to be first identified and tracked-down, was ambushed in broad daylight on the city's main [[Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw|Marszałkowska Street]] by a group of five young [[Armia Krajowa|AK]] fighters armed with [[Sten submachine gun]]s and a [[Filipinka]] hand grenades. The assassins, led by 21-year old [[Jerzy Zborowski]], were recruited for Agat from the underground scouting organization [[Szare Szeregi]]. Bürkl and seven other German policemen were killed in the 90-second shoot-out. There were no losses for the resistance, however the Nazis killed 20 inmates of [[Pawiak]] in a [[public execution]] in reprisal for the attack.
-In a [[reprisal]] action 20 inmates of [[Pawiak]] were murdered in a [[public execution]] by the Nazis.
 ==See also==
 *[[Operation Kutschera]]
-*[[Operacja Główki]]
 ==External links==
 *{{pl icon}} [http://www.169.zhr.pl/historia_harcerstwa/akcje/burkl/burkl.htm Specjalna operacja bojowa Bürkl]
-*{{pl icon}} [http://208.pl/strona/index.php?option=com_content&sectionid=0&task=view&&id=49 Specjalna operacja bojowa Bürkl (a different article)]
+*{{pl icon}} [http://208.pl/strona/index.php?option=com_content&sectionid=0&task=view&&id=49 Specjalna operacja bojowa Bürkl]  (a different article)
-[[Category:Conflicts in 1943]]
-[[Category:1943 crimes]]
 [[Category:1943 in Poland]]
 [[Category:Assassinations]]
 [[Category:History of Warsaw]]
-[[Category:Military operations involving Armia Krajowa|Bürkl]]
+[[Category:Military operations involving Armia Krajowa]]
 [[Category:Scouting and Guiding in Poland]]