Secret Polish Army
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Tajna Armia Polska, TAP (Secret Polish Army) was a Resistance movement founded in November 1939 in German-occupied Poland, which was active in the areas of the Warsaw, Podlasie, Kielce and Lublin Voivodships.
Founders were:
- Lieutenant Colonel Jan Henryk Włodarkiewicz "Darwicz" - Chief of the Staff
- Captain of Cavalry Witold Pilecki "Witold"
- Lieutenant Colonel Władysław Surmacki "Stefan"
The organization counted a dozen thousand of members. In 1940 it joined the Konfederacja Narodu. In 1941 it became part of the Armia Krajowa (Home Army).
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