Polish People's Army (1943–1945)

This article is about the World War II underground organization. For other organizations with a similar name, see Polish People's Army (disambiguation).

The Polish People's Army (PAL) (Polska Armia Ludowa) was an underground leftist military organization in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. It was active between 1943 and 1945. At its peak it numbered several thousand members.

At its inception it was composed of two smaller leftist organizations, the People's Militia of the Socialist Workers' Party of Poland (Milicja Ludowa Robotniczej Partii Polskich Socjalistów RPPS) and Polish People's Independence Action - PLAN (Polska Ludowa Akcja Niepodległościowa PLAN), and an essentially apolitical underground group created by former officers of Poland's Border Protection Corps.^{[citation needed]}

The commander of the group was general Henryk Borucki (nom de guerre Czarny).^[1]

References

1. Stanisław Okęcki (1987). Polacy W Ruchu Oporu Narodów Europy. PWN--Polish Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-83-01-06860-8.

Further reading

• Francesca Gori; Silvio Pons (12 August 1997). The Soviet Union and Europe in the Cold War, 1943-53. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 81–. ISBN 978-1-349-25106-3.
• Samuel Willenberg (1989). Surviving Treblinka. Basil Blackwell. ISBN 0631162615.