Armia Krajowa jako ostatni przejaw polskiej państwowości na Wołyniu

Abstract

THE HOME ARMY (AK) AS THE LAST MANIFESTATION OF POLISH STATEHOOD IN VOLHYNIA This article focuses on the phenomenon of the Home Army in the territory of the former Volhynia Province of the Second Polish Republic during the Soviet (1939- 1941) and German (1941-1944) occupation. The aim of the article is to show how, under the war conditions, the organised Polish society was able to create the underground Polish statehood. The work is divided into four parts. The first one introduces the reader to the beginnings of activity of the Polish independence underground in Volhynia. The second part is devoted to outlining the structural division of the Home Army units in Volhynia. The third focuses on the Operation “Burza” in Volhynia, that is, on the analysis of the military effort of the Volhynia AK – the 27th Volhynian Infantry Division of the Home Army – in defense of the independent Polish state. The fourth and last part focuses on the present cultivation of the memory and traditions of the Volhynia AK structures. According to the research hypothesis of this article, the structures of the Home Army were the last manifestation of the Polish statehood in Volhynia.