Anti-communist resistance in Poland
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Anti-communist resistance in Poland can be divided into two types: the armed partisan
struggle, mostly led by former Armia Krajowa
and Narodowe Siły Zbrojne soldiers, which ended in the late 1950s (see cursed soldiers
), and the non-violent, civil-resistance struggle that culminated in the creation and victory of the Solidarity trade union
.
Partisan (military)
A partisan is a member of an irregular military force formed to oppose control of an area by a foreign power or by an army of occupation by some kind of insurgent activity...
struggle, mostly led by former 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...
and Narodowe Siły Zbrojne soldiers, which ended in the late 1950s (see cursed soldiers
Cursed soldiers
The cursed soldiers is a name applied to a variety of Polish resistance movements formed in the later stages of World War II and afterwards. Created by some members of the Polish Secret State, these clandestine organizations continued their armed struggle against the Stalinist government of Poland...
), and the non-violent, civil-resistance struggle that culminated in the creation and victory of the Solidarity trade union
History of Solidarity
The history of Solidarity , a Polish non-governmental trade union, begins in August 1980, at the Lenin Shipyards at its founding by Lech Wałęsa and others. In the early 1980s, it became the first independent labor union in a Soviet-bloc country...
.
Armed resistance
- NIE (resistance)NIE (resistance)NIE, short for Niepodległość , "NIE" means also "NO" in Polish - was a Polish anticommunist resistance organisation formed in 1943 in a case of a Soviet occupation of Poland. Its main goal was the struggle against the Soviet Union after 1944. NIE was one of the most well hidden structures of Armia...
- Ruch Oporu Armii KrajowejRuch Oporu Armii KrajowejRuch Oporu Armii Krajowej - Polish anticommunist military resistance organization formed in 1944 by Józef Marcinkowski from Armia Krajowa soldiers....
- Wolność i Niezawisłość
- Narodowe Siły Zbrojne
- Narodowe Zjednoczenie Wojskowe
- Konspiracyjne Wojsko PolskieKonspiracyjne Wojsko PolskieKonspiracyjne Wojsko Polskie was a Polish paramilitary organization, which existed from April 1945 to as late as 1954, whose purpose was to fight Communist-controlled government of Poland as well as the NKVD...
- Armia Krajowa ObywatelskaArmia Krajowa ObywatelskaArmia Krajowa Obywatelska was a Polish military anticommunist organization, and a successor of the disbanded Polish anti-Nazi resistance Home Army...
- Delegatura Sił Zbrojnych na Kraj
- Poznań 1956 protestsPoznan 1956 protestsThe Poznań 1956 protests, also known as Poznań 1956 uprising or Poznań June , were the first of several massive protests of the Polish people against the communist government of the People's Republic of Poland...
Civil resistance
- 1968 Polish political crisis
- Polish 1970 protestsPolish 1970 protestsThe Polish 1970 protests were protests that occurred in northern Poland in December 1970. The protests were sparked by a sudden increase of prices of food and other everyday items...
- Letter of 59Letter of 59The Letter of 59 was an open letter signed by 66 Polish intellectuals who protested against the changes of the Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland that were made by the communist party of Poland in 1975...
- Workers' Defence CommitteeWorkers' Defence CommitteeThe Workers’ Defense Committee was a Polish civil society group that emerged under communist rule to give aid to prisoners & their families after the June 1976 protests & government crackdown...
- Komitet Obrony Robotników, KOR - Movement for Defense of Human and Civic RightsMovement for Defense of Human and Civic RightsMovement for Defense of Human and Civic Rights was a right-wing political and social organization formed in People's Republic of Poland in March of 1977...
- Solidarity
- Polish Round Table AgreementPolish Round Table AgreementThe Polish Round Table Talks took place in Warsaw, Poland from February 6 to April 4, 1989. The government initiated the discussion with the banned trade union Solidarność and other opposition groups in an attempt to defuse growing social unrest.-History:...
See also
- Polish government in exilePolish government in ExileThe Polish government-in-exile, formally known as the Government of the Republic of Poland in Exile , was the government in exile of Poland formed in the aftermath of the Invasion of Poland of September 1939, and the subsequent occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, which...
- Polish Underground Soldiers 1944-1963 - The Untold Story