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Anti-communist resistance in Poland (1944–1946)

Polish anti-communist rebellion
Part of Eastern European anti-Communist insurgencies
Date 1944-1946/1953 (last partisan killed in ambush in 1963)
Location Poland, Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union
Result Communist victory
Belligerents
Cursed Soldiers

Poland Communist Poland

Soviet UnionSoviet Union
Commanders and leaders
August Emil Fieldorf
Witold Pilecki
Zygmunt Szendzielarz
Józef Kuraś
...and many others

Poland Bolesław Bierut

Poland Stanisław Radkiewicz PolandSoviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky

Soviet Union Lavrentiy Beria
Units involved
...and many others
Strength
20,000 partisans 2 million Red Army Soldiers
35,000 NKVD officers
24,000 Polish soldiers and Ministry of Public Security officers
Casualties and losses
  • 8668 killed in fighting
  • 79,000 arrested
  • 5000 executed
  • 21,000 died in prison
  • Poland 12,000
  • Soviet Union 1,000
  • 10,000 civilians

Poland Communist Poland

Poland Bolesław Bierut

Poland Stanisław Radkiewicz PolandSoviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky


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