Armia Ludowa

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Armia Ludowa was a Soviet-backed Polish communist resistance movement and partisan force that operated against Nazi Germany during World War II.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gwardia Ludowa 4
Armia Ludowa canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish resistance movement
partisan organization
allegiance Polish Workers' Party
Soviet Union
areaOfOperations central Poland
Eastern Poland
surface form: eastern Poland

southern Poland
armedBy Soviet Union
conflict World War II
country Poland
describedAs Soviet-backed Polish communist resistance movement
dissolvedAfter end of World War II in Europe
endTime 1945
estimatedStrength tens of thousands of fighters
follows Stalin era
surface form: Stalinism
hasEnemy Wehrmacht
surface form: German Wehrmacht

Gestapo
SS
hasHistoricalRole component of communist resistance in occupied Europe
instrument of Soviet influence in Poland
hasObjective fight Nazi occupation of Poland
support establishment of a communist government in Poland
hasPart local partisan detachments
urban sabotage groups
headquartersLocation Warsaw
ideology communism
languageOfWorkOrName Polish
militaryBranch underground partisan forces
nativeLabel Armia Ludowa self-link
nativeLanguage Polish
notableCommander Franciszek Jóźwiak
Marian Spychalski
Michał Rola-Żymierski
operatedIn German-occupied Poland
operationalStatus clandestine
opposedTo Home Army
Nazi Germany
participatedIn Warsaw Uprising
partOf Polish resistance movement in World War II
politicalWing Polish Workers' Party
precededBy Armia Ludowa self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gwardia Ludowa
replacedBy armed forces of communist Poland
shortName AL
startTime 1944
supportedBy Soviet Union
usedTactic diversionary attacks
guerrilla warfare
sabotage operations

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Referenced by (7)

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

LWP predecessor Armia Ludowa
National Armed Forces opposedOrganization Armia Ludowa
this entity surface form: Gwardia Ludowa
Armia Ludowa precededBy Armia Ludowa self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gwardia Ludowa
Armia Ludowa nativeLabel Armia Ludowa self-link
ŻOB supportedBy Armia Ludowa
this entity surface form: Gwardia Ludowa
ŻOB receivedWeaponsFrom Armia Ludowa
this entity surface form: Gwardia Ludowa