| Polish resistance during World War II | |||||||||
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| Part of Resistance during World War II and the Eastern Front of World War II | |||||||||
    Sequentially from top: soldiers from Kolegium "A" of Kedyw on Stawki Street in Wola district, during the Warsaw Uprising, 1944; Jewish prisoners of Gęsiówka concentration camp liberated by Polish Home Army soldiers from "Zośka" Battalion, 5 August 1944; Polish partisans of "Jędrusie" unit in Kielce area, 1945; Old Town of Warsaw in flames during Warsaw Uprising | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Soviet Union(1939–1941; after 1944 against non-Communists only)  Ukrainian Insurgent Army(1943–1945) |
 Peasants' Battalions[b] National Armed Forces[c]and others... Supported by: Polish Government-in-Exile  Western Allies Provisional Government[d]
Soviet Union (After 1941) | ||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
| 1,080,000 (1944) |
 Polish Underground State650,000 (1944)[1] Polish People's Army~200,000 | ||||||||
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In Poland, the resistance movement during World War II was led by the Home Army. The Polish resistance is notable among others for disrupting German supply lines to the Eastern Front (damaging or destroying 1/8 of all rail transports), and providing intelligence reports to the British intelligence agencies (providing 43% of all reports from occupied Europe). It was a part of the Polish Underground State.
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- ^ Krzysztof Komorowski (2009). Boje polskie 1939–1945: przewodnik encyklopedyczny (in Polish). Bellona. p. 6. ISBN 978-8373993532.