People's Army (Poland)
Pro-Soviet resistance militia in Nazi-occupied Poland near the end of WWII / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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People's Army (Polish: Armia Ludowa [ˈar.mʲja luˈdɔ.va], abbriv.: AL) was a communist Soviet-backed partisan force set up by the communist Polish Workers' Party (PPR) during World War II. It was created on the order of the Polish State National Council on 1 January 1944. Its aims were to fight against Nazi Germany in occupied Poland, support the Soviet Red Army against the German forces and aid in the creation of a pro-Soviet communist government in Poland.
People's Army | |
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Armia Ludowa | |
Active | 1 January 1944 – 29 July 1944 (transformed into Polish People's Army) |
Country | Poland |
Allegiance | Polish Workers' Party |
Role | Armed forces of the Polish Workers' Party |
March | Marsz Gwardii Ludowej |
Engagements | World War II Battle of Porytowe Wzgórze Republic of Pińczów Warsaw Uprising Sandomierz bridgehead |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Michał Rola-Żymierski Franciszek Jóźwiak Jan Czechowski |
Along with the National Armed Forces, it was one of the military resistance organizations that refused to join the structures of the Polish Underground State or its military arm, the Home Army. The People's Army was much smaller than the Home Army, but propaganda in communist Poland espoused the myth that the reverse was the case.
Due to their close affiliation with the Soviet Union, which de facto controlled Armia Ludowa and its predecessors, Armia Ludowa can be seen as both a part of the Polish resistance as well as the Soviet partisan movement.[1]