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Operation Bürkl

Operation Bürkl
BelligerentsPolish Underground StateGermanyCommanders and leadersJerzy ZborowskiFranz Bürkl†Strength 5 soldiers UnknownCasualties and losses None 7-9 killed

Operation Bürkl (operacja Bürkl), or the special combat action Bürkl (specjalna akcja bojowa Bürkl), was an operation by the Polish resistance conducted on 7 September 1943. It was 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 and 1944, and their first success.