Out of 316 cichociemni paratroopers parachuted to Poland:
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six perished during the flight to occupied Poland,
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three were killed during the combat jump over Poland,
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thirty five were murdered by German Gestapo secret police,
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twelve were murdered in German concentration camps,
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twenty six were killed in combat,
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eighteen were killed in combat during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944
(of 81 fighting),
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three took poison when arrested,
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six were executed by communists after the end of the World War Two.
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