Armia Ludowa
- People’s Army
- AL
Dates of Existence
Founded in 1944-01-01
History
Armia Ludowa was a Polish underground partisan organization, which was active in the generalgouvernement and areas of Poland annexed to the Reich. It was created in 1944-01-01 by the Polska Partia Robotnicza (Polish Workers’ Party). Michał Rola-Żymierski had the command of the Armia Ludowa. In terms of the decree establishing the AL, all Polish armed forces, both in Poland and abroad, were to be subordinated to the authority of Rola-Żymierski. AL drew its inspiration from the Polish Communist Party, and about 5.000 Soviet nationals fought in its ranks. The estimate is that the total of participants of the AL did not exceed 30.000. In 1944-07 the AL merged with the newly formed Polish army, which fought alongside the Soviet army until the end of the war.
Places
Founded in Poland.
Sources
Encyclopedia of the Holocaust / R. Rozett, S. Spector. - Jerusalem, 2006. - p. 270 The beginnings of communist rule in Poland / A. Polonsky, B. Drukier. – London, 1980. – p. 11Small nations in times of crisis and confrontation / Y. Cohen. – New York, 1989. – p. 100