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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Adam Borys alignedWith Polish Underground State
ŻZW receivedWeaponsFrom Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground
Society of Science Courses participantIn Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground education movement
Ignacy Oziewicz affiliation Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground state
Volhynia massacres opponent Polish Underground State
this entity surface form: Polish underground