Union of Armed Struggle

Not to be confused with Union of Active Struggle.

Polish Underground State
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History of Poland 1939–1945

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Political organizations Major parties Polish Socialist Party People's Party National Party Labour Party Minor parties Camp of National Unity Democratic Party Jewish Labour Bund Hashomer Hatzair Betar (Zionist youth) Opposition National Radical Camp Polish Workers' Party
Military organizations Armia Krajowa (AK) Service for Poland's Victory Armed Struggle (ZWZ) Szare Szeregi National Security Corps Mostly integrated with ZWZ-AK Gwardia Ludowa WRN Bataliony Chłopskie Partially integrated with ZWZ-AK National Military Organization National Armed Forces Camp of Fighting Poland Pomeranian Griffin Konfederacja Narodu Non-integrated Jewish Combat Organization Jewish Military Union Opposition Military Lizard Union Armia Ludowa
Related topics Cultural activities Education History of Poland during 1939-1945

Związek Walki Zbrojnej (abbreviation: ZWZ; Union of Armed Struggle^[1]; also translated as Union for Armed Struggle, Association of Armed Struggle or Association for Armed Struggle) was an underground army formed in Poland following its invasion in September 1939 by Germany and the Soviet Union that opened World War II.

The precursor to the ZWZ was the Service for Poland's Victory (SZP).

1 History
2 See also
3 Notes
4 References
5 External links

History

ZWZ was created on November 13, 1939, from an earlier organization, Service for Poland's Victory (SZP). In January 1940, the ZWZ was divided into two parts:

areas under German occupation — commanded by Colonel Stefan Rowecki, headquartered in Warsaw;
areas under Soviet occupation — commanded by General Michał Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz, headquartered in Lwów.

On February 14, 1942, ZWZ was renamed Armia Krajowa (the "Home Army").

Notes

^ Thus rendered in Norman Davies, God's Playground: A History of Poland, vol. II, p. 464.

References

Norman Davies, God's Playground: A History of Poland, in Two Volumes; Volume II: 1795 to the Present, New York, Columbia University Press, 1982, ISBN 0-231-05353-3.

External links

(Polish) ZWIĄZEK WALKI ZBROJNEJ, Encyklopedia Interia
(Polish) ZWIĄZEK WALKI ZBROJNEJ, Encyklopedia PWN
(Polish) ZWIĄZEK WALKI ZBROJNEJ, Encyklopedia WIEM
1939-1942; Beginning of Secret Army; the ZWZ period
(Polish) „Polska Podziemna”: Związek Walki Zbrojnej

Armia Krajowa (Home Army)

main articles: Polish resistance movement in World War II • Polish Underground State

AK operations and opponents

Urban warfare	Warsaw Uprising • Zamość Uprising • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising • Kutschera • Lwów Uprising • Murowana Oszmianka • Ostra Brama • Tempest •

Underground, Field, and Espionage	Arsenal • Project Big Ben • F.Bürkl • NIE • Most III • Osuchy • Taśma • V1 / V2 • Wieniec

Propaganda	Biuletyn Informacyjny • Operation N • Operation Antyk

Directorates	Civil Resistance • Covert Resistance • Underground Resistance

Opponents	UPA Ukrainian Insurgent Army • Lithuanian Security Police

Political	Republic of Pińczów

AK personnel, emblems and decorations

Commanders	Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski • Stefan Rowecki • Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski • Leopold Okulicki

Senior officers and prominent members	J.Aleksandrowicz • J.Arkusz • K.K.Baczyński • H.Bartnicka-Tajchert • W.Bartoszewski • J.Batory • R.Białous • S.Bittner • F.Błażej • A.Bohdziewicz • J.Bokszczanin • S.Braun • T.Gajcy • H.Lederman • S.Jankowski • S.Karpiel • K.Kierzkowski • B.Kostrzewska • H.Krahelska • A.Krzyżanowski • L.Kulej • J.J.Lerski • J.Mazurkiewicz • W.Micuta • K.Moczarski • A.Nadolski • T.Pełczyński • A.Pilch • W.Pilecki • R.Reiff • Z.Romanowiczowa • Z.Rumel • J.Rutkowski • D.Smoleński • A.Stelmachowski • R.Syski • J.Szczepański • Z.Szendzielarz • A.Szklarski • H.Szwarc • E.Umińska • J.Zabłocki • J.Zabłocki • A.Zakrzewska • W.Zalewski • J.Zamoyski • T.Zawadzki • T.Żenczykowski • M.Żuławski • T.Żychiewicz •

Membership lists	Armia Krajowa members • Warsaw Uprising insurgents

Emblems and Decorations	Armia Krajowa Cross • Kotwica • Krzyż Powstania Warszawskiego •

AK units, affiliates, predecessors and rivals

Headquarters and Directorates	Information and Propaganda • Kedyw • Civil Resistance • Covert Resistance • Underground Resistance

Divisions	27 Volhynian

Combat battalions	Parasol • Zośka

Warsaw commands	I Śródmieście • Żoliborz • III Wola • IV Ochota • V Mokotów • VI Praga • VII Warsaw suburbs

Combat groups	Żaglowiec • Żbik • Żmija • Żniwiarz • Żyrafa

Other	Błyskawica radiostation • Jędrusie (Little Andrews) • PKB (Underground Police) • TWZW Secret Military Printing Works •

Affiliates and predecessors	Bataliony Chłopskie (Peasants' Battalions) • Konfederacja Narodu (Confederation of the Nation) • Leśni (Foresters) • NOW National Military Association • NSZ National Armed Forces (split) • OPW Camp of Fighting Poland • SZP Service for Poland's Victory • Szare Szeregi (Boy Scouts) • TAP Secret Polish Army • Gwardia Ludowa WRN (Socialist Party People's Guard) • Wachlarz • ZWZ Union of Armed Struggle • ZO Union of Retaliation

Rivals	NSZ National Armed Forces (split) • AL Armia Ludowa (People's Army)

related articles: The Holocaust in Poland • Warsaw Uprising • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Union of Armed Struggle

Contents

History

See also

Notes

References

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