Detached Unit of the Polish Army

Hubal with his soldiers, winter of 1939/1940

The Detached Unit of the Polish Army^[1] or Separated Unit of the Polish Army^[2] (Polish: Oddział Wydzielony Wojska Polskiego) was one of the first Polish partisan units of World War II (and thus one of the first partisan units of the conflict).^[1]^[2]^[3] It operated in Poland's Kielce region and Holy Cross Mountains and was commanded by Major Henryk Dobrzański (also known by his nom-de-guerre, "Hubal"), and due to the prominence of its commander has also been commonly known as Hubal's Unit or the Hubal Partisans (Hubalczycy).^[4]

Paul Latawski writes that the unit's exploits had "some large successes against the German security forces" but led to "brutal reprisals" against local civilians. The Germans eventually destroyed the unit in the spring of 1940, "killing Dobrzański but creating a partisan legend".^[5]

^ ^a ^b Brewing, Daniel (2022-06-10). In the Shadow of Auschwitz: German Massacres against Polish Civilians, 1939–1945. Berghahn Books. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-80073-090-8. The appearance of the armed group around Major Henryk Dobrzański in the forests of Radom district in the spring of 1940 marks the moment when the German occupying power was confronted for the first time with an organized partisan group.
^ ^a ^b Williamson, David G. (2012-04-12). The Polish Underground 1939-1947. Pen and Sword. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-84884-281-6.
^ KRZYŻANOWSKI, JERZY R. (1985). Erdman, Jan (ed.). "A Tribute to Heroism and Devotion". The Polish Review. 30 (3): 291–294. ISSN 0032-2970. JSTOR 25778148. That unit was to become the first Polish guerilla troop, and its commander later known as Hubal has become a legend in his own time
^ Gajda, Patricia A. (2015). "Polish Hero Roman Rodziewicz - Fate of a Hubal Soldier in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Postwar England". The Sarmatian Review. XXXV (1): 1898–1900. ISSN 1059-5872.
^ Latawski, Paul (2010), Shepherd, Ben; Pattinson, Juliette (eds.), "The Armia Krajowa and Polish Partisan Warfare, 1939–43", War in a Twilight World: Partisan and Anti-Partisan Warfare in Eastern Europe, 1939–45, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 137–155, doi:10.1057/9780230290488_6, ISBN 978-0-230-29048-8, retrieved 2022-12-29

[:3-1] Brewing, Daniel (2022-06-10). In the Shadow of Auschwitz: German Massacres against Polish Civilians, 1939–1945. Berghahn Books. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-80073-090-8. The appearance of the armed group around Major Henryk Dobrzański in the forests of Radom district in the spring of 1940 marks the moment when the German occupying power was confronted for the first time with an organized partisan group.

[:0-2] Williamson, David G. (2012-04-12). The Polish Underground 1939-1947. Pen and Sword. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-84884-281-6.

[:4-3] KRZYŻANOWSKI, JERZY R. (1985). Erdman, Jan (ed.). "A Tribute to Heroism and Devotion". The Polish Review. 30 (3): 291–294. ISSN 0032-2970. JSTOR 25778148. That unit was to become the first Polish guerilla troop, and its commander later known as Hubal has become a legend in his own time

[4] Gajda, Patricia A. (2015). "Polish Hero Roman Rodziewicz - Fate of a Hubal Soldier in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Postwar England". The Sarmatian Review. XXXV (1): 1898–1900. ISSN 1059-5872.

[:5-5] Latawski, Paul (2010), Shepherd, Ben; Pattinson, Juliette (eds.), "The Armia Krajowa and Polish Partisan Warfare, 1939–43", War in a Twilight World: Partisan and Anti-Partisan Warfare in Eastern Europe, 1939–45, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 137–155, doi:10.1057/9780230290488_6, ISBN 978-0-230-29048-8, retrieved 2022-12-29

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