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Armia Ludowa (AL, pronounced ['armȋa lu'dɔva]; English People's Army) was a partisan force set ut by the Soviet created organisation called Polish Workers' Party during World War II. Its aims were to support the USSR military against the German forces and the creation of a Soviet controlled communist regime in Poland[1].
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On January 1 of 1944, the Krajowa Rada Narodowa (KRN) – National Council of the Country replaced the Gwardia Ludowa (GL) – People's Guard with AL. The KRN intended to gain volunteers from other groups, however they weren't successful. In its beginning the organisation counted 6-8.000 members, in July 1944 circa 30,000 members, with 6,000 of them being active partisans.[2]
Seven months after it came into existence, on July 21, 1944, AL was integrated with the Polish Military in the USSR and renamed the Ludowe Wojsko Polskie (LWP) – Polish People's Military. After the Red Army and communist-backed 1st Polish Army captured Poland in 1944 and early 1945, most of the AL members joined the latter. After the war most of its members have joined the ranks of Ministry of Public Security in Communist Poland, dedicated to persecution of former independence movement and enforcing Soviet control over Poland[3],[4]
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