Peasant Battalions (as allied formation)

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Peasant Battalions (as allied formation) were a major Polish World War II resistance organization rooted in the agrarian movement, cooperating militarily and politically with the structures of the Polish Underground State.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish resistance organization
World War II resistance movement
armed underground formation
aim defense of Polish peasants
protection of food supplies for the underground
struggle for Polish independence
alliedWith Bataliony Chłopskie
Home Army
conflict World War II
cooperatedWith Government Delegation for Poland
structures of the Polish Underground State
underground political representation of peasants
country Poland
goal preparation for postwar agrarian reforms
representation of peasant interests in the underground
hasRole armed resistance
intelligence gathering
protection of peasants
sabotage operations
self-defense of rural population
ideologicalOpponent German occupation authorities
communist underground organizations
ideologicalRoot agrarian movement
ideology agrarianism
language Polish
militaryCooperation Home Army
militaryStructure underground partisan units
nature clandestine organization
operatedIn General Government
occupied Poland
rural areas of Poland
opposedTo German occupation of Poland
Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
partOf Polish Underground State
Polish resistance movement
politicalAffiliation Polish People's Party "Piast"
Polish People's Party (PSL)
Polish agrarian movement
politicalCooperation Polish Underground State authorities
recognizedBy Polish Government-in-Exile
socialBase Polish peasantry
rural population
status allied formation of the Polish Underground State
supportedBy Polish peasant political parties
typeOfWarfare guerrilla warfare
partisan operations

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Home Army ("Bataliony Chłopskie (cooperating units)")
Polish Underground State
hasPart

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