Operation Tempest in eastern Poland

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Operation Tempest in eastern Poland was a series of World War II Home Army offensives aimed at liberating territories from German occupation before the arrival of Soviet forces.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II operation
military operation
aftermath arrests and disarmament of Home Army units by Soviet security organs in many areas
aimedAt demonstrating Polish sovereignty in liberated areas
preventing Soviet-imposed control without Polish participation
appliesToJurisdiction Polish Underground State
associatedWith Polish resistance movement in World War II
Polish–Soviet relations during World War II
chronologyWithin early phase of Operation Tempest compared to central and western Poland phases
commandedBy Home Army regional commanders in eastern Poland
conflict World War II
country Poland
follows earlier localized Home Army uprisings in occupied Poland
hasGoal establishing Polish civil and military authority before Soviet arrival
liberation of Polish territories from German occupation
hasPart Home Army offensive operations in Lwów region
Home Army offensive operations in Nowogródek region
Home Army offensive operations in Polesie
Home Army offensive operations in Vilnius region
Home Army offensive operations in Volhynia
historicalRegion Kresy Wschodnie
location eastern Poland
prewar eastern territories of the Second Polish Republic
militaryBranch Armia Krajowa
natureOfAttack uprising-style offensives coordinated with Soviet advance
opponent German occupation forces
opposedBy German Wehrmacht
German police and security forces
participant Nazi Germany
Polish Home Army
Soviet Union
partOf Operation Tempest
plannedBy Home Army High Command
Polish Underground State authorities
politicalObjective recognition of the Polish government-in-exile’s authority on liberated territory
relatedTo Lwów Uprising (1944)
Operation Ostra Brama
Volhynia Home Army operations in 1944
result subsequent Soviet domination of most of the contested territories
temporary liberation of some towns and areas from German control
startTime 1944
strategicContext Soviet Red Army advance from the east
timePeriod final phase of German occupation of eastern Poland
typeOfAction coordinated partisan and regular-style military operations
usedTactics guerrilla warfare
local uprisings in urban centers

Referenced by (9)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Home Army offensive operations in Vilnius region ("Operation Tempest")
Lwów Uprising (1944) ("Operation Tempest")
Operation Ostra Brama ("Operation Tempest")
Operation Tempest in eastern Poland ("Operation Tempest")
partOf
AK ("Operation Tempest")
Home Army ("Operation Tempest")
Home Army ("Operation Tempest")
notableOperation
Operation Tempest in eastern Poland ("Home Army offensive operations in Nowogródek region")
hasPart
Warsaw Uprising
precededBy

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