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Nazis assassinated by Polish resistance (9 P) Pages in category "Military operations of World War II involving the Polish resistance" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
On 25–26 June 1944 the Battle of Osuchy – one of the largest battles between the Polish resistance and Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II – was fought, in what was essentially a continuation of the Zamość Uprising. [56] In 1943 the Home Army built up its forces in preparation for a national uprising.
"Grey Ranks" (Polish: Szare Szeregi) was a codename for the underground paramilitary Polish Scouting Association (Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego) during World War II. The wartime organisation was created on 27 September 1939, actively resisted and fought German occupation in Warsaw until 18 January 1945, and contributed to the resistance ...
POWN ID card of Mieczysław Halicki. The Polska Organizacja Walki o Niepodległość (Polish Organization for the Struggle for Independence, French: L'Organisation polonaise de lutte pour l'indépendance ), also known as the POWN, was a Polish resistance army during World War II, It was founded in the south of France by Aleksander Kawałkowski in 1941, [1] and conducted intelligence activities ...
Peasant Battalions (Polish: Bataliony Chłopskie, abbreviated BCh) was a Polish resistance movement, guerrilla and partisan organisation, during World War II. The organisation was created in mid-1940 by the agrarian political party People's Party and by 1944 was partially integrated with the Armia Krajowa (Home Army). At its height, in summer ...
In many respects, the history of the Polish Underground State mirrors that of the Polish non-communist resistance in general. The Underground State traces its origins to the Service for Poland's Victory (Służba Zwycięstwu Polski, SZP) organization, which was founded on 27 September 1939, one day before the surrender of the Polish capital of Warsaw, at a time when the Polish defeat in the ...
Polish Armament in 1939–45 article is a list of equipment used by Polish army before and during the Invasion of Poland, foreign service in British Commonwealth forces and last campaign to Germany with the Red Army in 1945. [1] The list includes prototype vehicles.
Soldiers of Batalion Zośka of Polish Home Army during Warsaw Uprising on 5 August 1944 in Gęsiówka. Obóz Polski Walczącej (OPW, Camp of Fighting Poland; or Fighting Poland Movement; or Polish Fighting Movement) was a minor part of the Polish resistance movement in World War II. It operated from 1942 to 1944, centered in Warsaw. [1]