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The National Defence University in Warsaw was established on 1 October 1990 after reform of the General Staff Academy [1] [2] (est. 1947) and continued traditions of the Szkoła Rycerska ("The School of Knights") founded on 15 March 1765 and other subsequent military schools. The National Defence University was subordinate directly to the ...
The Home Army (Polish: Armia Krajowa, pronounced [ˈarmja kraˈjɔva]; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II.The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) established in the aftermath of the German and Soviet invasions in September 1939.
Website. Official site. The General Tadeusz Kościuszko Military University of Land Forces (Akademia Wojsk Lądowych imienia generała Tadeusza Kościuszki) is a Polish Land Forces military university in Wrocław, Poland. It trains officers with experience and values to serve in units under the Land Forces. Established in 2002, its origins date ...
The Citizens' Home Army ( Polish: Armia Krajowa Obywatelska, AKO) was a Polish military anticommunist organization, and a successor of the disbanded Polish anti-Nazi resistance Home Army (Armia Krajowa, AK). It was founded in February 1945 by Colonel Władysław Liniarski ( nom de guerre "Mścisław"), who had previously been commandant of the ...
Coordinates: 50°04′19″N 19°56′57″E. The restored building of the Home Army Museum in Krakow. The Home Army Museum in Kraków ( Polish: Muzeum Armii Krajowej w Krakowie) was created in Kraków, Poland in 2000, to commemorate the struggle for independence by the underground Polish Secret State and its military arm Armia Krajowa (The ...
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On 6 August 1944 the Gestapo, fearing of another uprising, ordered a round-up of all able-bodied young men in Kraków. Roman Catholic Archbishop Adam Stefan Sapieha, the most respected Polish official who stayed in Kraków, strongly opposed the idea of the uprising. It is known that Sapieha asked General Josef Harpe of the German Army to ...
The division is currently being formed and will reach full operational capability at the end of the decade. The division will be the largest Polish formation and equipped with Polish and South Korean equipment. As of 2023/24 the 1st Legions Infantry Division consists of the following units: [2] [3] [4] 1st Legions Infantry Division "Józef ...