Secret Polish Army Explained

Secret Polish Army was a Polish resistance movement founded in November 1939 in German-occupied Poland, which was active in the voivodeships of Warsaw, Podlasie, Kielce and Lublin.

Founders were:

• Lieutenant Colonel Jan Henryk Włodarkiewicz "Darwicz" – Chief of the Staff
• Cavalry Captain Witold Pilecki "Witold"
• Lieutenant Colonel "Stefan"

In 1940, it and several other underground organizations merged into the Confederation of the Nation. In 1943, the latter became part of the Polish Home Army.

Bibliography

• Kazimierz Malinowski, Tajna Armia Polska. Znak. Konfederacja Zbrojna. Zarys genezy, organizacji i działalności, Warszawa 1986.
• Adam Cyra, Ochotnik do Auschwitz - Witold Pilecki 1901-1948, Oświęcim 2000.