Home Army (Armia Krajowa)

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish resistance movement
World War II resistance movement
anti-Nazi resistance organization
underground military organization
activeDuringConflict World War II
alliedWith Allies of World War II
surface form: Allied powers
claimedContinuityWith Polish Army
surface form: 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 Union of Armed Struggle
surface form: Związek Walki Zbrojnej
hasAbbreviation AK
hasMemorialMuseum Warsaw Uprising Museum
hasNameInPolish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 in eastern Poland
surface form: Operation Tempest

Operation Wieniec
Warsaw Uprising
intelligence gathering on V-1 and V-2 weapons
operatedIn General Government
Lwów Voivodeship
surface form: Lwów region

Vilna Governorate
surface form: 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
surface form: Polish government-in-exile in London
repressedBy communist authorities in postwar Poland
subordinateTo Władysław Sikorski
surface form: Polish Commander-in-Chief in exile
succeededBy Freedom and Independence (WiN)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wilk memberOf Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
subject surface form: Aleksander Krzyżanowski
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Aleksander Krzyżanowski militaryBranch Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Okulicki militaryBranch Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
subject surface form: Leopold Okulicki
this entity surface form: Polish Home Army
Batalion Zośka partOf Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Batalion Parasol partOf Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
WiN precededBy Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Wolność i Niezawisłość precededBy Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Akcja Wieniec carriedOutBy Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Action Kutschera participant Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Action Kutschera carriedOutBy Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Polish Home Army
Operation Heads participant Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Bronisław Pietraszewicz "Lot" militaryBranch Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Anna Szafranek "Hanka" militaryBranch Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Zbigniew Gęsicki "Juno" memberOf Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Stanisław Huskowski "Ali" militaryBranch Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Michał Issajewicz "Miś" memberOf Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
subject surface form: Michał Issajewicz
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Michał Issajewicz "Miś" militaryBranch Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
subject surface form: Michał Issajewicz
this entity surface form: Polish Home Army
Michał Issajewicz "Miś" participant Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
subject surface form: assassination of Franz Kutschera
this entity surface form: Polish Home Army
Henryk Humięcki "Olbrzym" militaryBranch Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Henryk Humięcki "Olbrzym" militaryBranch Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Polish underground state armed forces
Marian Senger "Cichy" militaryBranch Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Ryszard Białous "Jerzy" militaryBranch Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
subject surface form: Ryszard Białous
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (intelligence support) associatedWith Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
subject surface form: Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Adam Borys militaryBranch Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
ŻOB supportedBy Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
ŻOB receivedWeaponsFrom Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
ŻZW alliedWith Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Polish underground Home Army
ŻZW alliedWith Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa
Volhynia massacres opponent Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
this entity surface form: Armia Krajowa