Partisan (military)

2nd WW Polish partisan song - Rozszumiały się wierzby płaczące

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Rozszumiały się wierzby płaczące (The Willows Are Weeping And Rustling) piosenka partyzancka (Polish partisan song) - Jan Ciżyński & Ork. B-ci Pindrass, Melodie ca 1946 (Poland) NOTE: On 14th Feb, 2012 passed the 70th anniversary of the bith of the major Polish underground organisation during the 2nd World War: Armia Krajowa ( AK) (The Home Army). After the failed September campaign in 1939 in Warsaw a secret military organization was set up. Gen. Tokarzewski took command and gave it the name "Służba Zwycięstwu Polski" (Service for Poland's Victory). Polish emigree Government in Dec 1939 created Związek Walki Zbrojnej - (ZWZ) (Union for Armed Struggle) based on Service for Poland's Victory with the " aim of creating centers of national resistance ". Col. Stefan Rowecki was named its Commander for the area of German occupation and Gen. Tokarzewski - for the Soviet occupied area. Trying to cross the border between zones in March 1940, Gen Tokarzewski was arrested and taken deep into Russia. During the years 1939-1943, the main effort of the ZWZ was fighting the occupants on three fronts: propaganda, reconnaissance and sabotage. ZWZ was carrying out intelligence activities in occupied Poland as well as in Germany. It sent to London important informations, the most important being about the preparations for a German attack against the Soviet Union. In eastern Poland the strong Soviet political-police controlled occupation created difficulties that were almost impossible to overcome. Around Lvov or Vilno organizational attempts were frequently infiltrated by Soviet spies and Soviet guerilla units spent as much time fighting AK as they did the Germans. On 14th Feb, 1942 The Supreme Commander Gen. Sikorski declared changing the ZWZ into "Armia Krajowa - AK" (Home Army), with Gen. Rowecki as Commander and total number of sworn in members of the AK exceeding 300,000. It situated Armia Krajowa on first place among all resistance movements in occupied Europe, during WW2. With support of the civilian population, AK was able to develop increased activities. Secret schools, the development of secret factories of weapons, ammunition proceeded fast. Radio methods made possible air supplies from the West to Poland of weapons and trained specialists. The Intelligence Service of AK was able to monitor the German army and air force on the Eastern Front, as well as industrial centres and ports in the Reich. An important success was information about the German rockets V-1 and V-2 research in Peenemunde. In April 1942, Gen. Rowecki's order was issued to switch from sabotage to armed diversions. They consisted of destruction of railroads, blowing up bridges, warehouses and airfields, actions to free prisoners, attacks against administration and police and the guerilla operations -- e.g. on Dec 31, 1942 in the area of Zamosc, where the Germans had started a brutal removal of the Polish population in order to replace them with German farmers. The fights lasted 2 months, Germans used police and army, tanks and warplanes yet at the end of Feb, they decided to drop their colonization plans. After the Germans attacked the Soviet Union, a pro-Soviet organization was created in Poland under the name Polish Workers Party (PPR) with its military arm: the Peoples Army (AL). The Soviets behaved in a hostile manner towards the Home Army: after capturing an area they killed or transported the captives to camps in Russia. The Soviets decided to destroy AK because they represented the desire of the Polish people for independence. On August 1, 1944 the Warsaw Uprising started. However, immediately after fighting started in Warsaw, the Soviets halted their offensive and idly watched the insurgents' battle and the destruction of the city gy the Germans. Also, the Western Allies' aid by air was obstructed by Stalin's refusal to allow Western planes land in area already controlled by the Soviets. That hostile act of the Soviets against Polish nation desperately struggling the nazis, resulted in a total destruction of Warsaw and death of more than 300 000 of its inhabitants. After the fall of Uprising, in Jan 1945 Gen. Okulicki issued an order closing down the Home Army. He and his corp were invited to a meeting with Soviet authorities during which they were transported to Moscow and imprisoned. The martirology ot the AK members lasted until so-called "detente" of the Stalinist regime, in 1956. Tens thousands in the dummy trails were sentenced to death or years of imprisonment, others joined Gulag Archipelago in Russia. Armia Krajowa was oficially accused as the "nazis' ally" and walls of Polish cities were covered by posters "Armia Krajowa -- a spit soaken dwarf of reaction" . Let this little movie be my tribute to Armia Krajowa and all its heroes.