Rozbroić – dozbroić. Akcje rozbrojeniowe, czyli skąd leśni brali broń
Disarm – Rearm. Disarmament Actions, or Where Did the Woodsmen Get Their Weapons from?
Author(s): Sławomir PoleszakSubject(s): Military history, Political history, Social history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: disarmament operations; desertions; Civic Militia; MO; Polish independence underground; cursed soldiers; National Military Union; NZW; “Freedeom and Independence” Association; WiN;
Summary/Abstract: Partisan units of the post-war independence underground in Poland carried out various armed actions. In most of them, there was one common element, i.e. taking weapons from the enemy. It caused at least a short-term hindrance to the activity of communist formations (e.g. a severe paralysis of Civic Militia posts in 1945 and 1946) but, above all, the acquisition of weapons and ammunition, which were indispensable for the activity of every guerrilla unit. In this respect, the situation of the detachments operating in the post-war period was all the more diffi cult because they could not count on weapons from airdrops, as during the German occupation.
Journal: Dzieje Najnowsze
- Issue Year: 55/2023
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 147-164
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Polish