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Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Abbreviation: ZWZ; Union of Armed Struggle[1]; also translated as Union for Armed Struggle, Association of Armed Struggle or Association for Armed Struggle) was an underground Army formed in Poland following its invasion in September 1939 by Germany and the Soviet Union that opened World War II.

This organization was the precursor to the Polish Home Army.

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History

ZWZ was created on November 13, 1939, from an earlier organization, Służba Zwycięstwu Polski (Service to Poland's Victory). In January 1940, the ZWZ was divided into two parts: On February 14, 1942, ZWZ was renamed Armia Krajowa (the "Home Army").

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Notes

  1. ^ Thus rendered in Norman Davies, God's Playground: A History of Poland, vol. II, p. 464.

References

  • Norman Davies, God's Playground: A History of Poland, in Two Volumes; Volume II: 1795 to the Present, New York, Columbia University Press, 1982, ISBN 0-231-05353-3.

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main articles: Polish resistance movement in World War II • Polish Underground State
related articles: The Holocaust in Poland  • Warsaw Uprising  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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