Tajna Armia Polska, TAP (Secret Polish Army) was a Resistance movement founded in November 1939 in German-occupied Poland, which was active in the areas of the Warsaw, Podlasie, Kielce and Lublin Voivodships.
Founders were:
- Lieutenant Colonel Jan Henryk Włodarkiewicz "Darwicz" - Chief of the Staff
- Cavalry Captain Witold Pilecki "Witold"
- Lieutenant Colonel Władysław Surmacki "Stefan"
The organization counted a dozen thousand of members. In 1940 it joined the Konfederacja Narodu. In 1941 it became part of the Armia Krajowa (Home Army).
Bibliography[]
- Kazimierz Malinowski, Tajna Armia Polska. Znak. Konfederacja Zbrojna. Zarys genezy, organizacji i działalności, Warszawa 1986. ISBN 83-211-0791-5
- Adam Cyra, Ochotnik do Auschwitz - Witold Pilecki 1901-1948, Oświęcim 2000. ISBN 83-912000-3-5
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