Holy Cross Mountains Brigade

Holy Cross Mountains Brigade
Post–World War II badge
ActiveAugust 1944 – June 1946
CountryPoland
AllegianceNational Armed ForcesNational Radical Camp (NSZ-ONR)
TypePolish underground
EngagementsLiberation of Holýšov 1945
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Colonel Antoni Szacki

The Holy Cross Mountains Brigade (Polish: Brygada Świętokrzyska) was a controversial tactical unit of the Polish National Armed Forces established on 11 August 1944. It did not obey orders to merge with the Home Army in 1944 and was a part of the Military Organization Lizard Union faction, related to the National Radical Camp political party. Its soldiers fought simultaneously with the Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union and the Polish communist underground, though it sometimes collaborated with the Nazis to further its anti-communist, anti-Jewish and totalitarian goals.[1][2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wnuk Brygada was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Friszke Brygada was invoked but never defined (see the help page).