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activeDuringConflict
|
World War II
ⓘ
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alliedWith
|
Allies of World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Allied powers
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claimedContinuityWith
|
Polish Army
ⓘ
surface form:
prewar Polish Army
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|
commemoratedBy
|
monuments in Warsaw
ⓘ
|
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commemoratedOn
|
Polish Armed Forces Day events
ⓘ
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country
|
Poland
ⓘ
|
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dateDissolved
|
1945-01-19
ⓘ
|
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dateFormed
|
1942-02-14
ⓘ
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enemyOf
|
Gestapo
ⓘ
|
|
enemyOf
|
NKVD
ⓘ
|
|
enemyOf
|
SS
ⓘ
|
|
enemyOf
|
Wehrmacht
ⓘ
|
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engagedIn
|
armed partisan warfare
ⓘ
|
|
engagedIn
|
intelligence operations for the Allies
ⓘ
|
|
engagedIn
|
sabotage of German transport infrastructure
ⓘ
|
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engagedIn
|
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
ⓘ
|
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ideology
|
Polish nationalism
ⓘ
|
|
ideology
|
anti-communism
ⓘ
|
|
ideology
|
anti-fascism
ⓘ
|
|
instanceOf
|
Polish resistance movement
ⓘ
|
|
instanceOf
|
World War II resistance movement
ⓘ
|
|
instanceOf
|
anti-Nazi resistance organization
ⓘ
|
|
instanceOf
|
underground military organization
ⓘ
|
|
languageOfOrganization
|
Polish
ⓘ
|
|
loyalTo
|
Polish government-in-exile
ⓘ
|
|
notableCommander
|
Leopold Okulicki
ⓘ
|
|
notableCommander
|
Stefan Rowecki
ⓘ
|
|
notableCommander
|
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski
ⓘ
|
|
notableOperation
|
Operation Kutschera
ⓘ
|
|
notableOperation
|
Operation Ostra Brama
ⓘ
|
|
notableOperation
|
Operation Tempest in eastern Poland
ⓘ
surface form:
Operation Tempest
|
|
notableOperation
|
Operation Wieniec
ⓘ
|
|
notableOperation
|
Warsaw Uprising
ⓘ
|
|
notableOperation
|
intelligence gathering on V-1 and V-2 weapons
ⓘ
|
|
operatedIn
|
General Government
ⓘ
|
|
operatedIn
|
Lwów Voivodeship
ⓘ
surface form:
Lwów region
|
|
operatedIn
|
Vilna Governorate
ⓘ
surface form:
Vilnius region
|
|
operatedIn
|
annexed Polish territories
ⓘ
|
|
opposedOccupationBy
|
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
|
|
opposedOccupationBy
|
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)
ⓘ
|