Operation Bürkl
| Operation Bürkl | |||||||
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| Part of Occupation of Poland (1939–1945) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Polish Underground State | Germany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Jerzy Zborowski | Franz Bürkl † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 5 soldiers | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties 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.