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The kotwica was first painted on walls in Warsaw on 20 March 1942 by Polish boy scouts, as a psychological warfare tactic against the occupying Germans. On 27 June, it was used for a new form of minor sabotage: in order to commemorate the day of the patron saint for President Władysław Raczkiewicz and commander-in-chief Władysław Sikorski, members of the AK stamped several hundred copies ...
Notable or common minor-sabotage operations included: painting pro-Polish and anti-Nazi graffiti. [3] Common symbols included the kotwica ("anchor"—the symbol of the Polish underground) [3] and the turtle (a symbol of work sabotage and inefficiency, to be implemented by those who worked—often forcibly—for the German occupier).
Fascist symbolism is the use of certain images and symbols which are designed to represent aspects of fascism. These include national symbols of historical importance, goals, and political policies. [1] The best-known are the fasces, which was the original symbol of fascism, and the swastika of Nazism.
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.
Morawiecki and Fighting Solidarity activists envisaged their organization as a successor to the Polish resistance in World War II, [1] [3] hence the symbol of the new movement merged the Solidarity logo with the Kotwica and crowned Polish eagle (symbolically in 1945, the new communist regime removed the crown from the eagle's head on the ...
Flag of the Second Polish Republic and the Polish People's Republic: 1927–1980 1918-1919: Banner of the Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919) There were many variants during the uprising but later this particular version became a dominant commemorating symbol. 1863–1864: The vision of the flag of Polish National Government (January Uprising)
The captured partisan was shot subsequently, yet the last stand of the battalion became a symbol of a heroic stance against occupation and a legendary action of the Slovenian people in a fight for their freedom. [40] German victory Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: 1943 Jewish Resistance. ŻOB; ŻZW; Polish Resistance. Home Army; People's Guard Nazi Germany
The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Texas. Official designations and symbols. Type Symbol Date designated Image Motto "Friendship" 1930 [1] [2]