Home Army (Armia Krajowa)

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Polish resistance movement World War II resistance movement anti-Nazi resistance organization underground military organization

The Home Army (Armia Krajowa) was the principal Polish underground resistance movement during World War II, loyal to the Polish government-in-exile and known for its extensive sabotage, intelligence, and armed operations against German occupation, including leading the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.

Aliases (6)

Home Army ×53
Armia Krajowa ×10
Polish Home Army ×7
Polish resistance movement ×2
Armia Podziemna ×1
underground armed forces of the Polish Underground State ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Polish resistance movement → World War II resistance movement → anti-Nazi resistance organization → underground military organization →
activeDuringConflict	World War II →
alliedWith	Allied powers →
claimedContinuityWith	prewar Polish Army →
commemoratedBy	monuments in Warsaw →
commemoratedOn	Polish Armed Forces Day events →
country	Poland →
dateDissolved	1945-01-19 →
dateFormed	1942-02-14 →
enemyOf	Gestapo → NKVD → SS → Wehrmacht →
engagedIn	armed partisan warfare → intelligence operations for the Allies → sabotage of German transport infrastructure → underground education and administration support →
estimatedStrengthRange	200000–400000 members →
formedFrom	Związek Walki Zbrojnej →
hasAbbreviation	AK →
hasMemorialMuseum	Warsaw Uprising Museum →
hasNameInPolish	Armia Krajowa →
headquartersLocation	Warsaw →
ideology	Polish nationalism → anti-communism → anti-fascism →
languageOfOrganization	Polish →
loyalTo	Polish government-in-exile →
notableCommander	Leopold Okulicki → Stefan Rowecki → Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski →
notableOperation	Operation Kutschera → Operation Ostra Brama → Operation Tempest → Operation Wieniec → Warsaw Uprising → intelligence gathering on V-1 and V-2 weapons →
operatedIn	General Government → Lwów region → Vilnius region → annexed Polish territories →
opposedOccupationBy	Nazi Germany → Soviet Union →
partOf	Polish Underground State →
peakStrength	300000 members →
precededBy	Service for Poland’s Victory →
recognizedBy	Polish government-in-exile in London →
repressedBy	communist authorities in postwar Poland →
subordinateTo	Polish Commander-in-Chief in exile →
succeededBy	Freedom and Independence (WiN) →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Home Army ("underground armed forces of the Polish Underground State") → Home Army offensive operations in Vilnius region ("Armia Krajowa") → Operation Tempest in eastern Poland ("Armia Krajowa") →	militaryBranch
Jewish Combat Organization ("Polish Home Army") → Żegota ("Polish Home Army") →	cooperatedWith
Lwów Uprising (1944) ("Polish Home Army") → Lwów Uprising (1944) ("Armia Krajowa") →	organizedBy
Operation Kutschera ("Armia Krajowa") → Operation Wieniec ("Armia Krajowa") →	perpetrator
Volhynia ("Polish Home Army") →	associatedWithOrganization
Operation Ostra Brama ("Polish Home Army") →	belligerent
Polish government-in-exile ("Polish resistance movement") →	coordinated
AK ("Armia Krajowa") →	fullName
Home Army ("Armia Krajowa") →	hasNameInPolish
European resistance movements ("Polish Home Army") →	included
Antoni Chruściel ("Polish resistance movement") →	movement
Home Army ("Armia Krajowa") →	nativeLabel
Bór ("Armia Podziemna") →	notableWork
Polnische Polizei im Generalgouvernement ("Armia Krajowa") →	opposedBy
Operation Tempest in eastern Poland ("Polish Home Army") →	participant
Operation Ostra Brama ("Armia Krajowa") →	relatedOrganization
General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland) →	resistanceFaced