Związek Walki Zbrojnej

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Związek Walki Zbrojnej was a major Polish underground military organization formed during World War II that later evolved into the Home Army (Armia Krajowa), the principal resistance force against Nazi occupation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish underground military organization
World War II resistance movement
commander Kazimierz Sosnkowski
Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski
Stefan Rowecki
composition members of various Polish underground groups
officers and soldiers of prewar Polish Army
conflict World War II
country Poland
dateFounded 1939-11-13
dissolvedOrTransformed 1942-02-14
followedBy Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
surface form: Armia Krajowa
foundedIn 1939
goal fight against German occupation of Poland
prepare nationwide uprising in Poland
restore independent Polish state
hasLanguage Polish
hasMember Armia Krajowa regional structures (as later continuation)
headquartersLocation Warsaw
historicalPeriod German occupation of Poland
ideology Polish nationalism
anti-Nazi resistance
militaryBranch underground armed forces
nativeLabel Związek Walki Zbrojnej self-link
notableCommander Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski "Torwid"
Stefan Rowecki
surface form: Stefan Rowecki "Grot"
operationalArea General Government
Polish territories annexed by Nazi Germany
Polish territories occupied by the Soviet Union
occupied Poland
opposedBy Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
parentOrganization Polish government-in-exile
partOf Polish Underground State
Polish resistance movement in World War II
precededBy Service for Poland’s Victory
surface form: Służba Zwycięstwu Polski
recognizedBy Polish government-in-exile
surface form: Polish government-in-exile in London
shortName ZWZ
significantEvent reorganization into Armia Krajowa in 1942
status defunct
subordinateTo Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces in exile
symbolizes armed resistance of the Polish Underground State
transformedInto Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
surface form: Armia Krajowa
translatedLabel Union of Armed Struggle
typeOfOrganization clandestine military organization
uses guerrilla warfare
intelligence gathering
propaganda activities
sabotage operations

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Union of Armed Struggle nativeName Związek Walki Zbrojnej
AK formedFrom Związek Walki Zbrojnej
Związek Walki Zbrojnej nativeLabel Związek Walki Zbrojnej self-link
ZWZ nativeLabel Związek Walki Zbrojnej
National Military Organization hasNameInHebrew Związek Walki Zbrojnej
this entity surface form: ארגון צבאי לאומי