- President Raczkiewicz ordered two-week mourning in the Polish Armed Forces.
- Gen. Komorowski "Bór" gave a farewell order to the soldiers of the Home Army. "With faith in the final victory of our righteous cause, with faith in our beloved, great and happy Motherland, we are all still soldiers, citizens of Independent Poland, faithful to the banner of the Republic of Poland."
- Appointment of General Leopold Okulicki as a Commander-in-Chief of the Home Army.
October 4 - The Polish Insurgent Radio and the radio station "Błyskawica" broadcast their last programs.
October 5 - 11,668 soldiers defending Downton, as well as members of the supreme command of the uprising, headed by General Komorowski "Bor", were taken into captivity by the Germans.
