Kedyw

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Kedyw was a special operations and sabotage unit of the Polish underground Home Army that carried out resistance actions against Nazi German occupation during World War II.

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Kedyw canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish resistance organization unit
sabotage unit
special operations unit
activeAgainst German occupation authorities
Gestapo
SS
activeIn occupied Poland
conflict World War II
country Poland
formedFrom Wachlarz
Związek Odwetu
goal disrupt German military operations
prepare for national uprising
support nationwide Polish resistance
historicalSignificance key armed wing of the Polish underground state
ideology Polish underground resistance
language Polish
notableCommander Adam Borys "Pług"
August Emil Fieldorf
linked to: Emil Fieldorf

Emil Fieldorf "Nil"
linked to: Emil Fieldorf

Jan Mazurkiewicz "Radosław"
notableOperation Operation Ghetto
Operation Kutschera
Operation Wieniec
notableUnit Battalion Miotła
Battalion Parasol
linked to: Batalion Parasol

Battalion Zośka
linked to: Batalion Zośka
operationalRole armed resistance
diversionary operations
sabotage
special operations
operationalSecurity underground
opposed Nazi Germany
participatedIn Warsaw Uprising
partOf Armia Krajowa
Polish Home Army
recognizedBy Polish government-in-exile
subordinateTo High Command of the Home Army
timePeriod German occupation of Poland
typeOfOrganization clandestine military formation
usedStructure sabotage teams
small combat groups
usedTactics armed attacks on German forces
assassinations
demolition of infrastructure
prisoner rescue operations
sabotage of railways

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