Home Army

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The Home Army was the primary Polish resistance movement in World War II, loyal to the Polish government-in-exile and known for its large-scale underground operations against Nazi occupation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish resistance movement
World War II resistance movement
allegiance Polish government-in-exile
conflict World War II
country Poland
dissolved 1945-01-19
estimatedSize hundreds of thousands of members at its peak
fate disbanded under pressure from advancing Soviet forces
hasPart Peasant Battalions (as allied formation)
surface form: Bataliony Chłopskie (cooperating units)

Kedyw
Szare Szeregi (cooperating scouting units)
headquarters Warsaw
ideology Polish nationalism
anti-Nazism
anti-communism
inception 1942-02-14
language Polish
legacy subject of postwar repression in communist Poland
symbol of Polish resistance during World War II
militaryBranch Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
surface form: underground armed forces of the Polish Underground State
motto Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna
nativeLabel Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
surface form: Armia Krajowa
notableEvent participation in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944
notableOperation Operation Ostra Brama
Operation Tempest in eastern Poland
surface form: Operation Tempest

Warsaw Uprising
assassination of Nazi officials
intelligence gathering for the Allies
sabotage of German transport and communications
support for Jewish ghetto uprisings
opponent Gestapo
NKVD
SS
Wehrmacht
opposedBy Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
collaborationist forces in occupied Poland
partOf Polish Underground State
precededBy Union of Armed Struggle
surface form: Związek Walki Zbrojnej
recognizedBy Allied governments
role clandestine military organization
primary resistance movement in occupied Poland
shortName AK
significantFigure Emil Fieldorf
Jan Nowak-Jeziorański
Leopold Okulicki
Stefan Rowecki
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski

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Franz Kutschera killed killedBy Home Army
subject surface form: Franz Kutschera
Kedyw of the Home Army partOf Home Army
special unit "Agat" partOf Home Army
subject surface form: Special unit "Agat"
Operation Heads participant Home Army
Operation Heads perpetrator Home Army
this entity surface form: Home Army sabotage units
Anna Szafranek "Hanka" memberOf Home Army
Marian Senger "Cichy" memberOf Home Army
Ryszard Białous "Jerzy" memberOf Home Army
subject surface form: Ryszard Białous
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (intelligence support) movement Home Army
subject surface form: Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
Ministry of Public Security targeted Home Army
subject surface form: Ministry of Public Security (Poland)
this entity surface form: Home Army veterans