cursed soldiers

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The cursed soldiers were anti-communist Polish resistance fighters who continued underground armed struggle against Soviet and communist rule after World War II.

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cursed soldiers canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish anti-communist resistance movement
underground resistance organization
commemoratedBy National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers NERFINISHED
commemoratedOn 1 March
country Poland
endTime 1950s
1963
goal overthrow of communist regime in Poland
restoration of full Polish sovereignty
hasCause imposition of communist rule in Poland after World War II
hasDesignation accursed soldiers
doomed soldiers
Żołnierze wyklęci NERFINISHED
hasEffect executions of resistance members
heavy repression and mass arrests
long-term imprisonment of fighters
postwar political polarization in Poland
hasPart Freedom and Independence NERFINISHED
Home Army remnants NERFINISHED
National Armed Forces NERFINISHED
National Military Union NERFINISHED
ROAK NERFINISHED
WiN NERFINISHED
Wolność i Niezawisłość
post-Home Army partisan units
historicalPeriod early Cold War
post-World War II
ideology Polish nationalism
anti-communism
location Poland NERFINISHED
mainActivity anti-Soviet resistance
armed struggle against communist rule
notableEvent armed clashes with UB and KBW
postwar anti-communist insurgency in Poland
show trials of underground fighters
opposedTo Ministry of Public Security of Poland NERFINISHED
NKVD NERFINISHED
Polish Workers' Party NERFINISHED
Polish communist government NERFINISHED
Soviet occupation of Poland NERFINISHED
participant Danuta Siedzikówna NERFINISHED
Hieronim Dekutowski NERFINISHED
Józef Franczak NERFINISHED
Józef Kuraś NERFINISHED
Romuald Rajs NERFINISHED
Witold Pilecki NERFINISHED
Zygmunt Szendzielarz NERFINISHED
Zygmunt Szendzielarz "Łupaszka" NERFINISHED
Łukasz Ciepliński NERFINISHED
persecutedBy Internal Security Corps NERFINISHED
Ministry of Public Security of Poland NERFINISHED
Polish People's Army NERFINISHED
Soviet security services NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Polish state after 1989 NERFINISHED
startTime 1944
1945
subjectOf Polish historiography
historical debate in Poland
numerous books and documentaries
usesMethod assassinations of communist officials
attacks on security service posts
guerrilla warfare
sabotage

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National Armed Forces hasSuccessor cursed soldiers