Ruch Oporu Armii Krajowej
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Ruch Oporu Armii Krajowej - Polish
anticommunist military resistance organization formed in 1944 by Józef Marcinkowski from Armia Krajowa
soldiers.
Main goal was counteracting Soviet domination over Poland
. They engaged in many skirmishes with the Internal Security Corps and NKVD
soldiers. Executed many PPR and UB collaborators.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
anticommunist military resistance organization formed in 1944 by Józef Marcinkowski from Armia Krajowa
Armia Krajowa
The Armia Krajowa , or Home Army, was the dominant Polish resistance movement in World War II German-occupied Poland. It was formed in February 1942 from the Związek Walki Zbrojnej . Over the next two years, it absorbed most other Polish underground forces...
soldiers.
Main goal was counteracting Soviet domination over Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. They engaged in many skirmishes with the Internal Security Corps and NKVD
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the Soviets, including political repression, during the era of Joseph Stalin....
soldiers. Executed many PPR and UB collaborators.