Service for Poland's Victory

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Service for Poland's Victory (Polish: Służba Zwycięstwu Polski; SZP), also translated as the Polish Victory Service, was the first Polish resistance movement in World War II. 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. This secret organisation was tasked with the continuing of armed struggle to liberate Poland in the pre-war borders of the Second Polish Republic, recreation and reorganization of the Polish army and establishment of the secret government (Polish Underground State).

In November 1939 SZP was renamed Union of Armed Struggle (ZWZ).

References

Stanislaw Mikolajczyk The Pattern of Soviet Domination Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1948 Page 8

External links

(in Polish) Służba Zwycięstwu Polski (SZP).
(in Polish) I. Początki Konspiracyjnego Wojska Polskiego.
(in Polish) Powstanie ZWZ - AK

Home Army (Armia Krajowa)

Main articles: Polish resistance movement in World War II; Polish Underground State

v t e Operations
Uprisings and battles	Warsaw Uprising Zamość uprising Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Lwów uprising Murowana Oszmianka Osuchy Ostra Brama Tempest
Underground, field, and espionage	Arsenal Heads Kutschera Project Big Ben Bürkl Most III Operation Belt V-1 and V-2 Wieniec
Propaganda	Biuletyn Informacyjny Operation N Operation Antyk
Directorates	Civil Resistance Covert Resistance Underground Resistance
Political	Republic of Pińczów

v t e Personnel, emblems and decorations
Commanders	Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski Stefan Rowecki Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski Leopold Okulicki
Senior officers and prominent members	J. Aleksandrowicz J.Arkusz K. K. Baczyński W. Bartoszewski J. Batory R. Białous S. Bittner F. Błażej A. Bohdziewicz J. Bokszczanin S. Braun T. Gajcy H. Lederman S. Jankowski S. Karpiel K. Kierzkowski B. Kostrzewska H. Krahelska A. Krzyżanowski L. Kulej J. J. Lerski J. Mazurkiewicz W. Micuta K. Moczarski A. Nadolski T. Pełczyński A. Pilch W. Pilecki R. Reiff Z. Romanowiczowa Z. Rumel J. Rutkowski D. Smoleński A. Stelmachowski R. Syski J. Szczepański Z. Szendzielarz A. Szklarski H. Szwarc E. Umińska J. Zabłocki A. Zakrzewska W. Zalewski J. Zamoyski T. Zawadzki T. Żenczykowski M. Żuławski T. Żychiewicz
Membership lists	Armia Krajowa members Warsaw Uprising insurgents
Emblems and decorations	Armia Krajowa Cross Kotwica Krzyż Powstania Warszawskiego

v t e Units, affiliates, and predecessors
Headquarters and Directorates	Information and Propaganda Kedyw Civil Resistance Covert Resistance Underground Resistance
Combat units	2nd Legions Infantry Division 27th Volhynian Division 104th Company of Syndicalists Battalion Parasol Battalion Zośka Żaglowiec Group Żbik Group Żmija Group Żniwiarz Group Żyrafa Group
Warsaw commands	I Śródmieście Żoliborz III Wola IV Ochota V Mokotów VI Praga VII Warsaw suburbs
Other	Błyskawica radiostation Little Andrews (Jędrusie) Underground Police (PKB) Secret Military Printing Works (TWZW) Silent Unseen (Cichociemni) Wachlarz
Predecessors	Service for Poland's Victory (SZP) Union of Armed Struggle (ZWZ)
Affiliates	Peasants' Battalions (BCh) Confederation of the Nation (KN) Leśni (Forest Soldiers) National Military Association (NOW) (split) National Armed Forces (NSZ-AK) (faction) Camp of Fighting Poland (OPW) Grey Ranks (Szare Szeregi - Boy Scouts) Secret Polish Army (TAP) Socialist Party People's Guard (GL-WRN) Union of Retaliation (ZO)
Successors	Independence (NIE) Freedom and Independence (WiN)

v t e Opponents and rivals
Opponents	Nazi Germany Ukrainian Insurgent Army Ukrainian Auxiliary Police Lithuanian Security Police Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force
Rivals	AL Armia Ludowa (People's Army) Soviet partisans

Related articles: The Holocaust in Poland; Warsaw Uprising; Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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