The+Polish+Underground+Resistance+by+Braden+Kobus

The Polish Underground resistance started in 1939. The Home Army, the biggest division of the Polish Underground resistance, started in 1942. The resistance and the Home Army ended in 1945. The Polish Underground resistance functioned when the Germans occupied Poland during WWII and while the Soviet Union took control after the war. It was a unique phenomenon in the whole history of European resistance movements. The resistance was groups of people who were loyal to the Polish government that were in exile. The government officials of Poland were in London, England. There were different divisions in the resistance. It was similar to the military with the different parts. The divisions split up the underground resistance. The Home Army, or AK (Armia Krajowa), was the biggest division of the underground resistance. The Home Army did almost everything during the resistance. The Home Army's plan was to organize and execute general uprisings.Their main goals were to protect the Polish people and to get the Nazis out of Poland. There were many ways that the resistance would achieve those two goals. To achieve those goals, they would sabotage the Germans. They would cut off supplies going to the German forces. They would destroy communication lines. They would stop extra German forces from arriving in Poland.They would give secret German military informationto the British. They would have full scale battles with the Germans. During Operation Tempest, the resistance stopped German forces and stopped much needed supplies from getting to the Germans while supporting the Soviet troops. The most well known operation was the failed Warsaw Uprising. The Germans got tired of the resistance, so they retaliated. In the month of May 1943, over 500 Poles were executed. This was one of the ways the Germans retaliated. The army protected the Polish citizens from German forces and non-German forces. After the Nazis were out of Poland, the Soviets still wanted to take over Poland as well. Even though the Soviet Union was helping push out the Nazis, they saw the Home Army as a threat. The reason the Soviets saw the Home Army as a threat was because they were viewed as the only thing that would stop the Soviets from taking over Poland. There was conflict with the Home Army and the Soviet Union during and after the war. All of this led to Poland having freedom. The Polish Underground Resistance impacted the place we are going to (Poland) in many ways. Without the Home Army, Poland would just be a part of Germany or Russia. There wouldn't be very much of a Polish culture without this. It saved the lives of many Jews and Polish people who could carry on the history and heritage of their ancestors. The Underground helped the allies win the war and stop the Nazis from winning the war.