The first underground groups in German-occupied Poland began to be established as early as in the autumn of 1939. The Home Army (Armia Krajowa, AK), an underground army subordinate to the Polish government in exile and the Commander-in-Chief, took its final shape in February 1942. Its Commanders-in-Chief in chronological order were: Stefan Rowecki ‘Grot’ (arrested… Continue reading Order to dissolve the Home Army given by Home Army Commander-in-Chief General Leopold Okulicki
The double attack on Poland by Nazi Germany and the USSR in September 1939 led to the effective dissolution of the Polish state. Although Poland lost its sovereignty, its legal authorities continued to function, organising the Polish armed forces in France and later in Great Britain. Under these circumstances, the primary aim of the Polish… Continue reading Note addressed to the Governments of the United Nations by the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edward Raczyński, regarding German crimes in occupied Poland
In 1918, after 123 years of captivity, Poland was reborn as an independent state. Its largest neighbours – Germany and the Soviet Union – were adverse to it. Both of these countries made it their goal to reclaim part of the territories they had lost as a result of the war. German efforts to bring… Continue reading Speech made by Józef Beck, the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the Sejm
