Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kutyisidzira kwakasara kubva kumasimba ePoland kwakakonzera kudaidzira kurwisa Warsaw. Kurwiswa kweguta nemhepo kwakanga kwakarongwa nokuda kwezuva rokutanga, rainzi "Wasserkante", kana kuti Operation Seaside. Nguva pfupi yapfuura pakati pousiku musi wa12/13 Gunyana, mukuru wezvikwata zveLuftwaffe Hans Jeschonnek akaraira Löhr kuti agadzirire kurwisa ma ghettos kuchamhembe kweWarsaw, kutsiva mhosva dzisina kutaurwa dzehondo dzakarwiswa nemasoja eGerman muhondo dzichangobva kuitika. Vafambisi vendege vaRichthofen vakabhururuka nzendo dzokurwa 183 kusvika ku197, vachidonhedza uwandu hwakaenzana hwezvimbambaira zvine simba uye zvinopisa. Mamwe mabhomba akawira pedyo nemauto eGermany akanga achirwisa Warsaw uye utsi hwakaita kuti zvive zvisingabviri kuongorora kukuvara kwacho. Richthofen akatarisana naHermann Göring pamusoro pokudiwa kwokutungamirira kwakabatana kwemhepo nokuda kwehondo yeWarsaw ndokuratidzira kuti iye akanga ari munhu webasa racho. Haana kuwana zvaaida kusvikira pana September 21. Mamiriro okunze akanonotsa kurwisa
, yakatanga musi wa22 September. Mangwanani iwayo von Richthofen akazivisa OKL; "Kukurumidzira kukumbira kushandiswa kwemukana wokupedzisira wekuedza kukuru sekuparadza uye kurwisa kwegandanga", uye akawedzera "kuedza kwose kuchaitwa kuparadza zvachose Warsaw". OKL yakaramba chikumbiro chacho. Mapepa aida kuti guta racho rirasike akanga adonhedzwa mazuva mana akanga apfuura, asi Richthofen akatanga kuita zvinhu zvake oga, achishandisa Luftwaffe Directive 18, yomusi waSeptember 21, iyo yakamupa mutoro wokutungamirira mabasa okubhururuka.