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Kedyw (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkɛdɨf], partial acronym of Kierownictwo Dywersji ("Directorate of Sabotage")[1] was a Polish World War II Home Army unit that conducted active and passive sabotage, propaganda and armed operations against Nazi German forces and collaborators.[2]

  1. ^ Lerski, George J. (1996). Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945. Greenwood Press. p. 251.
  2. ^ (in Polish) Konflikty Zbrojne, Artykuły, Historia, II wojna światowa: Kedyw

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Kedyw (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkɛdɨf], partial acronym of Kierownictwo Dywersji ("Directorate of Sabotage") was a Polish World War II Home Army unit that...

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down in front of the SS headquarters in Warsaw in a special operation by Kedyw, a dedicated resistance special operations unit. In reprisal, the Germans...

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in Okęcie; while the units of the Directorate of Sabotage and Diversion (Kedyw) remained attached to the Uprising Headquarters. On 20 September, the sub-districts...

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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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ISBN 83-060-0717-4. Witkowski, Henryk (1984). Kedyw okręgu warszawskiego Armii Krajowej w latach 1943–1944 [Kedyw of Warsaw district of the Home Army in the...

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Silent Unseen

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the ZWZ and Home Army. Most of them joined Wachlarz, Związek Odwetu and KeDyw. Many became important staff officers of the Polish Secret Army and took...

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Operation Belt

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operations of the Armia Krajowa Kedyw during World War II. In August 1943, the headquarters of the Armia Krajowa ordered Kedyw to prepare an armed action against...

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Directorate of Covert Resistance

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of the Armia Krajowa. The advisory body was composed of the commander of KeDyw, chief of Bureau of Information and Propaganda and an envoy of Directorate...

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Home Army

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propaganda Bureau of Finances (sometimes called "Section VII") – finances Kedyw (acronym for Kierownictwo Dywersji, Polish for "Directorate of Diversion")...

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Sabotage

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warfare Improvised explosive device Industrial espionage Internet troll Kedyw Norwegian heavy water sabotage Partisan Political warfare Provocateur Rail...

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Operation Kutschera

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German-occupied Warsaw, who was shot on 1 February 1944 by a combat sabotage unit of Kedyw of the Home Army (predecessor of Battalion Parasol) primarily composed by...

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Directorate of Underground Resistance

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the commander of the Home Army, its chief of staff, the commander of the KeDyw, the chief of the Bureau of Information and Propaganda, and a representative...

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August Emil Fieldorf

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1941 in Wilno and in Białystok. A year later he was given command of the Kedyw (special operations executive) of the AK, where he served until February...

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Witold Pilecki

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Shortly after rejoining the resistance, Pilecki became a member of the Kedyw sabotage unit, using the pseudonym Roman Jezierski. He also joined a secret...

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Operation Heads

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SS-Scharführer member of Pawiak prison administration. He was killed in 1943 by the Kedyw section of Battalion Parasol. Herbert Schultz SS-Obersturmführer assassinated...

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DYW

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organization that provides scholarship opportunities to high school senior girls KeDyw, a Polish World War II Home Army unit This disambiguation page lists articles...

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Soldiers from Kolegium "A" of Kedyw on Stawki Street in Wola district – Warsaw Uprising 1944...

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Wanda Kirchmayer

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with the Home Army, she worked at the headquarters of the Warsaw District Kedyw. She was arrested while carrying incriminating material during a street...

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Secret Military Organization

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transformed or transferred into the newly organized "Directorate for Diversion", Kedyw. Some of the other TOWs, such as the Pomeranian Griffin, continued to exist...

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Parasol Battalion

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Unit of the Home Army's Kedyw for special tasks (Warsaw Uprising; Poland; 1943–1944)...

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Jan Mazurkiewicz

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Secret Military Organization (later merged with the Home Army), commander of Kedyw and the Radosław Group during Warsaw Uprising. After the war, he was a political...

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own losses. Some of Germans was eliminated every day." - Report of the Kedyw for the month of April 1943, Warsaw District of the Home Army Details of...

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