Armia Ludowa

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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

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Armia Ludowa (AL, pronounced [ˈarmja luˈdɔva]; English People's Army) was a partisan force set up by the Polish Workers' Party during World War II. Its aims were to support the Soviet Union military against the German forces and aid the creation of a Soviet-controlled communist regime in Poland.^[1] It was the largest military organization which refused to join the structures of the Polish Underground State.

Contents 1 Details 1.1 Resistance movement 1.2 Army 2 See also 3 References

[edit] Details

[edit] Resistance movement

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. In its beginning the organisation counted 10 000 members, at the end of July 1944 (when much of Poland was liberated by Soviet forces) circa 30,000 members left on the occupied territories, with 6,000 of them being active full-time partisans.^[1]

[edit] Army

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 Soviet-controlled 1st Polish Army captured Poland in 1944 and early 1945, most of the AL members joined the latter.

[edit] See also

http://wolnapolska.boom.ru/index-ZiemiLubelskiej.html

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