Union of Armed Struggle

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History of Poland 1939–1945

Authorities Government Administration Parliament Courts

Political organizations Major Polish Socialist Party People's Party National Party Stronnictwo Pracy Minor 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 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

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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 her invasion in September 1939 by Germany and the Soviet Union that opened World War II.

[edit] History

ZWZ was created on November 13, 1939, from an earlier organization, Służba Zwycięstwu Polski (Service to Poland's Victory). In January 1940, 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").

[edit] See also

• Association for Active Combat (founded 1908)

[edit] Notes

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

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