Operation Wieniec
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Operation Wieniec was a World War II sabotage action carried out by the Polish underground Home Army to disrupt German transportation and supply lines.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II military operation
ⓘ
resistance operation ⓘ sabotage operation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Akcja Wieniec ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Home Army
ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| carriedOutBy |
Organization of the Polish underground resistance against Nazi Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
Polish resistance movement
Polish underground ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| date | 1942 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Polish ⓘ |
| location |
General Government
ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ Warsaw area ⓘ occupied Poland ⓘ |
| method |
blowing up rail lines
ⓘ
demolition of railway tracks ⓘ railway sabotage ⓘ |
| natureOfOperation |
clandestine sabotage
ⓘ
covert operation ⓘ |
| objective |
disrupt German supply lines
ⓘ
disrupt German transportation lines ⓘ sabotage German rail infrastructure ⓘ |
| opponent |
German occupation authorities in Poland
ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Home Army High Command ⓘ |
| partOf |
Home Army sabotage campaign against German logistics
ⓘ
Organization of the Polish underground resistance against Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form:
Polish resistance during World War II
|
| perpetrator |
Home Army (Armia Krajowa)
ⓘ
surface form:
Armia Krajowa
Home Army ⓘ |
| result |
damage to German transport infrastructure
ⓘ
temporary disruption of German rail traffic near Warsaw ⓘ |
| significance | example of organized Polish rail sabotage in World War II ⓘ |
| strategicGoal |
hamper German troop movements
ⓘ
weaken German control over occupied Poland ⓘ |
| target |
German military transport
ⓘ
German supply trains ⓘ railway lines used by German forces ⓘ |
| theater |
Eastern Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Front (World War II)
|
| timePeriod | early 1940s ⓘ |
| typeOfWarfare |
guerrilla warfare
ⓘ
irregular warfare ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Home Army