The "cursed soldiers" or "indomitable soldiers" were a heterogeneous array of anti-Soviet-imperialist and anti-communist Polish resistance movements formed in the later stages of World War II and in its aftermath by members of the Polish Underground State. The above terms, introduced in the early 1990s, reflect the stance of many of the diehard soldiers.
"Cursed soldiers" of anti-communist underground, June 1947. From left: Henryk Wybranowski - pseudonym "Tarzan" (killed Nov. 1948) Edward Taraszkiewicz - "Żelazny" (killed Oct. 1951) Mieczysław Małecki - "Sokół" (killed Nov. 1947) Stanisław Pakuła - "Krzewina"
Monument to the Armia Krajowa in Sopot, Poland
"The Giant and the Reactionary Spittle-Covered Dwarf". A postwar Polish communist propaganda poster showing a soldier of the Polish People's Army striding over a partisan of the Armia Krajowa (Home Army).
Witold Pilecki ("Witold")
Polish resistance movement in World War II
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, and providing intelligence reports to the British intelligence agencies. It was a part of the Polish Underground State.
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
Image: Warsaw Uprising by Deczkowki Kolegium A 15861
Image: Jewish prisones of KZ Gesiowka liberated by Polish Soldiers of Home Army Warsaw 1944
Image: Warsaw 1944
