Polish Underground State

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The Polish Underground State was a clandestine resistance and civil administration network in German-occupied Poland during World War II, coordinating military and political efforts against the occupiers while maintaining continuity of the prewar Polish government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf clandestine political organization
resistance movement
state-like entity
aim continuity of the prewar Polish state
coordination of armed resistance
maintenance of civil administration under occupation
restoration of Polish independence
conflict World War II
cooperatedWith Allies of World War II
surface form: Allied powers

British intelligence
surface form: British intelligence services
country Poland
endTime 1945
followedBy postwar anti-communist underground in Poland
hasPart Bureau of Information and Propaganda
Council of National Unity
Directorate of Civil Resistance
Directorate of Civil Resistance
surface form: Directorate of Covert Resistance

Polish government-in-exile
surface form: Government Delegation for Poland

Home Army
National Armed Forces (partially subordinated)
Peasant Battalions (as allied formation)
Polish Underground State self-linksurface differs
surface form: Polish Underground Parliament

underground courts
underground education system
underground press
historicalSignificance largest underground state structure in occupied Europe during World War II
ideology Polish nationalism
anti-Nazism
pro-democracy
loyalTo Polish government-in-exile
militaryBranch Home Army
notableOperation Warsaw Uprising
intelligence gathering for the Allies
sabotage of German infrastructure
support for Jews and aid to the Warsaw Ghetto
notableOrganizationWithin Żegota
operatedIn German-occupied Poland
opposed German occupation of Poland
Nazi Germany
Soviet influence in Poland
partOf Polish resistance movement in World War II
persecutedBy German occupation authorities
Gestapo
NKVD
Soviet government
surface form: Soviet authorities
precededBy Service for Poland’s Victory
Union of Armed Struggle
recognizedBy Polish government-in-exile
startTime 1939
usedLanguage Polish

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Warsaw Uprising organizedBy Polish Underground State
Poles formedResistance Polish Underground State
Antoni Chruściel partOf Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Polish Underground State hasPart Polish Underground State self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Polish Underground Parliament
Polish government-in-exile appliesToJurisdiction Polish Underground State
Polish government-in-exile supported Polish Underground State
Operation Tempest in eastern Poland plannedBy Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish Underground State authorities
Blue Police (Polish police under German command) distinctFrom Polish Underground State
subject surface form: Blue Police
Home Army (Armia Krajowa) partOf Polish Underground State
subject surface form: Home Army
European resistance movements included Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
German occupation of Poland opponent Polish Underground State
Home Army partOf Polish Underground State
Cross of Valour (Poland) usedBy Polish Underground State
Directorate of Civil Resistance partOf Polish Underground State
Directorate of Civil Resistance partOf Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish Underground State civilian structures
Peasant Battalions (as allied formation) partOf Polish Underground State
subject surface form: Peasant Battalions
Żegota partOf Polish Underground State
Council of National Unity operatedIn Polish Underground State
Council of National Unity partOf Polish Underground State
Council of National Unity represented Polish Underground State
Council of National Unity relatedTo Polish Underground State
Bureau of Information and Propaganda partOf Polish Underground State
Service for Poland’s Victory laidGroundworkFor Polish Underground State
Service for Poland’s Victory associatedWith Polish Underground State
Union of Armed Struggle partOf Polish Underground State
Union of Armed Struggle laidGroundworkFor Polish Underground State
Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in exile represented Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish Underground State in international contacts
Polish Socialist Party activeIn Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Lwów Uprising (1944) belligerent Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Home Army offensive operations in Vilnius region relatedTo Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Polnische Polizei im Generalgouvernement opposedBy Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
AK partOf Polish Underground State
Freedom and Independence (WiN) partOf Polish Underground State
subject surface form: Freedom and Independence
this entity surface form: Polish Underground
Leopold Okulicki memberOf Polish Underground State
Leopold Okulicki partOf Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish Underground State leadership
Operation Kutschera belligerent Polish Underground State
Jewish Combat Organization cooperatedWith Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground
Jewish Military Union cooperatedWith Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground
Szare Szeregi (cooperating scouting units) partOf Polish Underground State
subject surface form: Szare Szeregi
Stefan Rowecki movement Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
German occupation of Hel Peninsula opponent Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Government Delegation for Poland partOf Polish Underground State
Bataliony Chłopskie cooperatedWith Polish Underground State
Bataliony Chłopskie partOf Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish Underground
Bataliony Chłopskie supported Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish Underground State authorities