Secret Polish Army

Secret Polish Army (Polish: Tajna Armia Polska, TAP) was a Polish resistance movement founded in November 1939 in German-occupied Poland, which was active in the voivodeships of Warsaw, Podlasie, Kielce and Lublin.

Founders were:

• Lieutenant Colonel Jan Henryk Włodarkiewicz "Darwicz" – Chief of the Staff
• Cavalry Lieutenant Witold Pilecki "Witold"
• Lieutenant Colonel Władysław Surmacki [pl] "Stefan"

In 1940, it and several other underground organizations merged into the Confederation of the Nation. In 1943, the latter became part of the Polish Home Army.

Bibliography

• Kazimierz Malinowski, Tajna Armia Polska. Znak. Konfederacja Zbrojna. Zarys genezy, organizacji i działalności, Warszawa 1986. ISBN 83-211-0791-5
• Adam Cyra, Ochotnik do Auschwitz - Witold Pilecki 1901-1948, Oświęcim 2000. ISBN 83-912000-3-5