Service for Poland's Victory (; SZP), also translated as the Polish Victory Service, was the first
Polish resistance movement in World War II
In Poland, the Resistance during World War II, resistance movement during World War II was led by the Home Army. The Polish resistance is notable among others for disrupting German supply lines to the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front ...
. It was created by the order of general
Juliusz Rómmel on 27 September 1939, when the
siege of Warsaw, capital of Poland, where Rómmel commanded Polish defence, was nearing its end (Warsaw would capitulate on 28 September).
The commander of SZP was General
Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski.
[Stanislaw Mikolajczyk ''The Pattern of Soviet Domination'' Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1948 Page 8] This secret organisation was tasked with the continuing of armed struggle to liberate Poland in the pre-war borders of the
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939. The state was established in the final stage of World War I ...
, recreation and reorganization of the
Polish army
The Land Forces () are the Army, land forces of the Polish Armed Forces. They currently contain some 110,000 active personnel and form many components of the European Union and NATO deployments around the world. Poland's recorded military histor ...
and establishment of the secret government (
Polish Underground State).
In November 1939 SZP was renamed
Union of Armed Struggle (ZWZ).
See also
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Związek Walki Zbrojnej
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Home Army
The Home Army (, ; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) established in the ...
References
External links
Służba Zwycięstwu Polski (SZP).Powstanie ZWZ - AK
Polish underground organisations during World War II
1939 in Poland
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