Armia Ludowa

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Polish Underground State History of Poland
The 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 Labor Union Hashomer Hatzair Betar (Zionist youth)
Opposition
National Radical Camp Polish Workers' Party
Military organizations
Universal
Armia Krajowa Service for Poland's Victory Armed Struggle (ZWZ) Szare Szeregi National Security Corps
Significantly integrated into ZWZ-AK
Gwardia Ludowa WRN Bataliony Chłopskie
Partially integrated
National Military Organization National Armed Forces Camp of Fighting Poland Konfederacja Narodu
Not integrated
Jewish Combat Organization Jewish Military Union
Opposition
Military Lizard Union Gwardia Ludowa Armia Ludowa
See also
Cultural activities Education History of Poland (1939–1945)
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Armia Ludowa (AL, pronounced ['armȋa lu'dɔva]; 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 USSR military against the German forces and 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.

1 Details
- 1.1 Resistance movement
- 1.2 Army
2 References
3 External links
4 Further reading

[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 occupied 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. After the war most of its members joined the ranks of Ministry of Public Security in Communist Poland, dedicated to enforcing Soviet control over Poland[1],[2]