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The Polish Home Army Museum was dedicated on November 12, 1989. It was founded by members of the Michigan Chapter of the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) Association in the United States and the Detroit chapter of the Polish Resistance (AK) Foundation, with the generous support of the National Executive Committees of these organizations, and of the Polonia.
The Home Army (Polish: Armia Krajowa, pronounced [ˈarmja kraˈjɔva]; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II.The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) established in the aftermath of the German and Soviet invasions in September 1939.
The restored building of the Home Army Museum in Krakow. The Home Army Museum (Polish: Muzeum Armii Krajowej) was created in Kraków, Poland in 2000, to commemorate the struggle for independence by the underground Polish Secret State and its military arm, the Hope Army, the largest resistance movement in occupied Europe during World War II. [1]
Kubuś (Polish for "Little Jacob") is a Polish improvised fighting vehicle used by the Home Army in the Warsaw Uprising during World War II. The single vehicle was built in secret to function as an armoured car and armoured personnel carrier for assaults by the Home Army, where it suffered damage and was abandoned after two weeks of service.
Pages in category "Home Army" ... Polish Home Army Museum, Orchard Lake, Michigan; Polish–Ukrainian conflict (1939–1947) R. Second Republic of Pińczów; S.
Polish Army Museum, created in 1920, it occupies a wing of the building of the Polish National Museum in Warsaw; Polish Home Army Museum, Orchard Lake, Michigan, dedicated on 12 November 1989 to the memory of the men and women of the Armia Krajowa during World War II. It is located in Orchard Lake, Michigan
Warsaw Uprising; Part of Operation Tempest of the Polish Resistance and the Eastern Front of World War II: Clockwise from top left: Civilians construct an anti-tank ditch in Wola district; German anti-tank gun in Theatre Square; Home Army soldier defending a barricade; Ruins of Bielańska Street; Insurgents leave the city ruins after surrendering to German forces; Allied transport planes ...
Pages in category "World War II museums in the United States" ... Polish Home Army Museum, Orchard Lake, Michigan ... Texas Military Forces Museum; W.