AK

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AK is the Polish abbreviation for the Home Army, the principal resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II.

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Label Occurrences
AK canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization
resistance movement
underground organization
abbreviationLanguage Polish
activeFrom 1942
activeUntil 1945
activity guerrilla warfare
intelligence gathering
propaganda
protection of civilians
sabotage
alignedWith Allies of World War II
surface form: Western Allies
commemoratedOn National Day of the Cursed Soldiers
conflict World War II
country Poland
dissolutionDate 1945
dissolvedBy Polish government-in-exile
estimatedStrength hundreds of thousands of members
formedFrom Związek Walki Zbrojnej
foughtIn Warsaw Uprising
surface form: Warsaw Uprising of 1944
fullName Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
surface form: Armia Krajowa
fullNameInEnglish Home Army
hasNotableUnit Batalion Parasol
Batalion Zośka
Kedyw
headquartersLocation Warsaw
ideology Polish nationalism
anti-Nazism
anti-communism
languageOfName Polish
loyalty Polish government-in-exile
notableOperation Operation Tempest in eastern Poland
surface form: Operation Tempest

Warsaw Uprising
operatedIn German occupation of Poland
surface form: German-occupied Poland
opposedOccupationBy Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
partOf Polish Underground State
principalOpponents Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
collaborationist forces
recognizedBy Allied Powers of World War I
surface form: Allied powers
role principal resistance movement in German-occupied Poland
successor Freedom and Independence (WiN)
usedAbbreviation AK
usedTactic assassination of Nazi officials
railway sabotage
urban guerrilla warfare

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

Home Army (Armia Krajowa) hasAbbreviation AK
subject surface form: Home Army
Home Army shortName AK
P$C hasMember AK