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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National Armed Forces partOf Polish Underground State
Gray Ranks partOf Polish Underground State
Związek Jaszczurczy partOf Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish Underground
Home Political Representation partOf Polish Underground State
Home Political Representation parentOrganization Polish Underground State
BIP partOf Polish Underground State
BIP foundedBy Polish Underground State
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka memberOf Polish Underground State
Council to Aid Jews movement Polish Underground State
Council to Aid Jews partOf Polish Underground State
Council to Aid Jews foundedBy Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish Underground State authorities
Rada Pomocy Żydom partOf Polish Underground State
Irena Sendler memberOf Polish Underground State
Władysław Bartoszewski memberOf Polish Underground State
Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz participatedIn Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Związek Walki Zbrojnej partOf Polish Underground State
ZWZ militaryBranch Polish Underground State
ZWZ partOf Polish Underground State
Lublin Committee opposedBy Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Julian Grobelny hasPartIn Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Julian Grobelny associatedWith Polish Underground State
Polish Home Army District Lwów commanders partOf Polish Underground State
Vilnius Uprising (1944) belligerentSide Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Vilnius District of the Home Army parentOrganization Polish Underground State
Nowogródek District of the Home Army partOf Polish Underground State
Home Army Vilnius District Command partOf Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Home Army Nowogródek District Command partOf Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Wilk movement Polish Underground State
subject surface form: Aleksander Krzyżanowski
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Aleksander Krzyżanowski partOf Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Batalion Zośka ideology Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Batalion Zośka allegiance Polish Underground State
Batalion Parasol allegiance Polish Underground State
Home Army High Command partOf Polish Underground State
Akcja Wieniec carriedOutBy Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Action Kutschera participant Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Kedyw of the Home Army partOf Polish Underground State
special unit "Agat" allegiance Polish Underground State
subject surface form: Special unit "Agat"
Operation Heads participant Polish Underground State
Operation Heads plannedBy Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish Underground State courts
Bronisław Pietraszewicz "Lot" affiliation Polish Underground State
Zbigniew Gęsicki "Juno" memberOf Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Michał Issajewicz "Miś" movement Polish Underground State
subject surface form: Michał Issajewicz
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Henryk Humięcki "Olbrzym" movement Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Marian Senger "Cichy" foughtFor Polish Underground State
Marian Senger "Cichy" basedIn Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Warsaw Underground
Ryszard Białous "Jerzy" movement Polish Underground State
subject surface form: Ryszard Białous
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (intelligence support) participatedIn Polish Underground State
subject surface form: Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (intelligence support) activeIn Polish Underground State
subject surface form: Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
this entity surface form: Warsaw underground
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (intelligence support) associatedWith Polish Underground State
subject surface form: Zofia Kossak-Szczucka