Vilnius District of the Home Army

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The Vilnius District of the Home Army was a regional formation of the Polish underground resistance during World War II, active around Vilnius in organizing armed operations against German and later Soviet forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf district of the Home Army
regional formation of the Polish resistance movement
activeDuring German occupation of Poland
Soviet re-occupation of Vilnius region in 1944
armedStruggleAgainst Wehrmacht
surface form: German Wehrmacht units

German police and security forces
Soviet security apparatus
associatedWith Organization of the Polish underground resistance against Nazi Germany
surface form: Polish resistance movement in World War II
conflict World War II
country Polish state
surface form: Poland (Polish Underground State)
goal defense of Polish population in the Vilnius region
restoration of an independent Poland
hasCharacteristic operated in multi-ethnic borderland region
historicalContext Polish-Lithuanian territorial disputes during and after World War II
historicalRegion Kresy
surface form: Kresy (Eastern Borderlands of Poland)
ideology Polish nationalism
anti-Nazi resistance
anti-communism
language Polish
location German-occupied Poland
Vilnius
Vilnius Region
surface form: Vilnius region

areas annexed by the Soviet Union from Poland in 1939
militaryBranch underground partisan forces
natureOfOrganization military underground
notableOperation armed actions against German occupation forces
armed actions against Soviet security services
operatedIn German-occupied territories
Soviet-occupied zone of Austria
surface form: Soviet-occupied territories
opposed German occupation authorities
NKVD
Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
parentOrganization Home Army High Command
surface form: Home Army Command

Polish Underground State
partOf Home Army
regionClaimedBy Lithuania
Poland
role conducting sabotage operations
organizing armed resistance
organizing partisan units
status clandestine organization
subordinateTo Home Army Eastern Command
typeOfUnit territorial district
usedTactics diversionary operations
guerrilla warfare
sabotage

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Home Army offensive operations in Vilnius region organizedBy Vilnius District of the Home Army
Nowogródek District of the Home Army partOf Vilnius District of the Home Army
this entity surface form: Vilnius Region Home Army structures
Operation Gate of Dawn plannedBy Vilnius District of the Home Army