"Grey Ranks" was a codename for the underground paramilitary Polish Scouting Association during World War II.
Polish Boy Scouts fighting in the Warsaw Uprising
The Kotwica sign, painted by Grey Ranks on pedestal of the 1932 Warsaw Aviator Monument
Postmen during the Warsaw Uprising
Battalion Zośka was a Scouting battalion of the Polish resistance movement organisation - Home Army during World War II. It mainly consisted of members of the Szare Szeregi paramilitary Boy Scouts. It was formed in late August 1943. A part of the Radosław Group, the battalion played a major role in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.
Captured German Panther tank – armored platoon of Battalion Zośka under command of Wacław Micuta
Prisoners of Gęsiówka and the Zośka fighters after the liberation of the camp in August 1944
Warsaw Uprising 5 August 1944 in Gęsiówka. The men are dressed in captured German uniforms and armed with confiscated German weapons. From left: Wojciech Omyła "Wojtek", Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski "Laudański" and Tadeusz Milewski "Ćwik". Milewski was killed on the same day. Omyla was killed several days later on 8 August 1944.