Union of Armed Struggle

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Polish resistance organization World War II resistance movement

The Union of Armed Struggle was an early Polish World War II resistance organization that laid the groundwork for the later Home Army and the broader Polish Underground State.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Związek Walki Zbrojnej 2
Armed Struggle Union 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish resistance organization ⓘ
World War II resistance movement ⓘ
activity intelligence gathering ⓘ
organization of underground military structures ⓘ
propaganda distribution ⓘ
sabotage operations ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Union of Armed Struggle ⓘ
surface form: Armed Struggle Union
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
dateDissolved 1942 ⓘ
dateFounded 1939 ⓘ
foundedBy Polish government-in-exile ⓘ
foundedIn France ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
ideology Polish nationalism ⓘ
anti-Nazism ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ
laidGroundworkFor Home Army ⓘ
Polish Underground State ⓘ
language Polish ⓘ
leader Kazimierz Sosnkowski ⓘ
Stefan Rowecki ⓘ
mergedInto Home Army ⓘ
militaryBranch Polish Underground Army ⓘ
nativeName Związek Walki Zbrojnej ⓘ
notableCommander Stefan Rowecki ⓘ
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski ⓘ
surface form: Tadeusz Komorowski
notableFor coordinating early Polish resistance under occupation ⓘ
forming core of the later Home Army ⓘ
operationalArea German-occupied Poland ⓘ
Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland ⓘ
surface form: Soviet-occupied Poland
opposedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf Polish Underground State ⓘ
predecessor Service for Poland’s Victory ⓘ
purpose armed resistance against German occupation ⓘ
preparation for nationwide uprising ⓘ
shortName ZWZ ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subordinateTo Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces in exile ⓘ
Polish government-in-exile ⓘ
successor Home Army ⓘ
type clandestine military organization ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Union of Armed Struggle → alsoKnownAs → Union of Armed Struggle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armed Struggle Union
Home Army (Armia Krajowa) → formedFrom → Union of Armed Struggle ⓘ
subject surface form: Home Army
this entity surface form: Związek Walki Zbrojnej
Home Army → precededBy → Union of Armed Struggle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Związek Walki Zbrojnej
Polish Underground State → precededBy → Union of Armed Struggle ⓘ
Service for Poland’s Victory → predecessorOf → Union of Armed Struggle ⓘ