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The Polish resistance movement in World War II, with the Polish Home Army at its forefront, was the largest underground resistance in all of Nazi-occupied Europe, covering both German and Soviet zones of occupation. The Polish defence against the Nazi occupation was an important part of the European anti-fascist resistance movement. It is most notable for disrupting German supply lines to the Eastern Front, providing military intelligence to the British, and for saving more Jewish lives in the Holocaust than any other Allied organization or government. It was a part of the Polish Underground State. ==Organizations== The largest of all Polish resistance organizations was the Armia Krajowa (Home Army, AK), loyal to the Polish government in exile in London. The ''AK'' was formed in 1942 from the Union for Armed Combat (''Związek Walki Zbrojnej'' or ''ZWZ'', itself created in 1939) and would eventually incorporate most other Polish armed resistance groups (except for the communists and some far-right groups).〔Marek Ney-Krwawicz, ''(The Polish Underground State and The Home Army (1939–45) )''. Translated from Polish by Antoni Bohdanowicz. Article on the pages of the London Branch of the Polish Home Army Ex-Servicemen Association. Retrieved 14 March 2008.〕〔 (Armia Krajowa ). Encyklopedia WIEM. Retrieved 2 April 2008.〕 It was the military arm of the Polish Underground State and loyal to the Polish government in Exile.〔 Most of the other Polish underground armed organizations were created by a political party or faction, and included: * The ''Bataliony Chłopskie'' (Peasants' Battalions). Created by the leftist People's Party around 1940–1941, it would partially merge with AK around 1942–1943. * The ''Gwardia Ludowa WRN'' (People's Guard of WRN) of Polish Socialist Party (PPS) (joined ZWZ around 1940, subsequently merged into AK)〔http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/31319,,,,gwardia_ludowa_wrn,haslo.html?drukuj=1〕 * The ''Konfederacja Narodu'' (Confederation of the Nation). Created in 1940 by far-right ''Obóz Narodowo Radykalny-Falanga'' (National Radical Camp Falanga). It would partially merge with ZWZ around 1941 and finally join AK around fall 1943. * The ''Narodowa Organizacja Wojskowa'' (National Military Organisation), established by the National Party in 1939, mostly integrated with AK around 1942.〔http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/69281,,,,narodowa_organizacja_wojskowa,haslo.html〕 *''Narodowe Siły Zbrojne'' (National Armed Forces); created in 1943 from dissatisfied NOW units, which refused to be subordinated to the AK.〔〔〔http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/30636,,,,narodowe_sily_zbrojne,haslo.html〕 * The ''Obóz Polski Walczącej'' (Camp of Fighting Poland), established by the Obóz Zjednoczenia Narodowego (Camp of National Unity) around 1942, subordinated to AK.〔http://encyklopedia.interia.pl/haslo?hid=91093〕 in 1943. The largest groups that refused to join the AK were the National Armed Forces and the pro-Soviet and communist People's Army (Polish ''Armia Ludowa'' or AL), backed by the Soviet Union and established by the Polish Workers' Party (Polish ''Polska Partia Robotnicza'' or PPR).〔 (Armia Ludowa ). Encyklopedia PWN. Retrieved 21 December 2006.〕 "Within the framework of the entire enemy intelligence operations directed against Germany, the intelligence service of the Polish resistance movement assumed major significance. The scope and importance of the operations of the Polish resistance movement, which was ramified down to the smallest splinter group and brilliantly organized, have been in (various sources) disclosed in connection with carrying out of major police security operations." Heinrich Himmler, 31 December 1942〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Polish resistance movement in World War II」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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