14 February 1942 National Army was established

In the face of Almighty God and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of the Polish Crown, I lay my hands on this Holy Cross, a sign of Passion and Salvation, and I curse to be faithful My homeland, the Republic of Poland, stand firm to defender her honor and for liberation Her from captivity, fight with all her strength, to the sacrifice of my life.
I will obey the president of the Republic of Poland and the orders of the Chief Commander and the commander of the National Army appointed by him, and I will keep my secret firmly, whatever it may be. So aid me God.

That's what all National Army soldier made.

The taker of the oath replied:

I accept you in the ranks of the Home Army, fighting the enemy in a conspiracy to free your homeland. Your work will be to fight a weapon in your hand. triumph will be your reward. Betrayal is punishable by death.

The National Army, the successor of the Polish triumph Service and the Armed Forces Union, was created by order of the Chief Commander of the Polish Armed Forces General Władysław Sikorski on 14 February 1942.

The first commander of the AK was General Stefan Rowecki "Grot" – a pre-war officer, a soldier of the First Brigade of the Polish Legions, a associate in the fight against Bolsheviks, from the first moments after the surrender of September associate of the conspiracy. He led to the integration into the National Army of the major conspiracy divisions. Hunted by the Gestapo, he was betrayed by Nazi agents and arrested on June 30, 1943 in a conspiracy facility in Warsaw Ochota. He rejected the German offer of cooperation. He was most likely murdered just after the Uprising in Warsaw.

In 2002, the General Stefan Rowecki Historical Club “Grota” was established at the initiative of the planet Association of National Army Soldiers in cooperation with the Institute of National Memory. Its task is to familiarise the public, especially young people, with the destiny of the Polish state in the years of business and post-war enslavement.

At the time of the top combat capability, in the spring of 1944, the Home Army forces counted about 380 1000 soldiers and officers. The pre-war officers' staff were supplemented by graduates of secret training and thrown into the country silently.

The goal of the Home Army was to lead armed opposition and prepare for the planned national uprising. The manager of Diversification (Kedyw) of the AK office was appointed to coordinate diversion activities. His commander was Colonel Emil Fieldorf ps. “Nil”. It was Kediv's soldiers who assassinated the Warsaw executioner Franz Kutschera.

The business of Poland by the Red Army in 1944 launched the “Burza” action, consisting in attacking the retreating Germans and acting as host to the Soviets. The last accent of “Burzy” was the Warsaw Uprising.

The name of the Home Army besides united soldiers after its formal dissolution in early 1945. any soldiers and officers did not comply with the command to demobilize the last commander of the Home Army General Okulicki "The Bear" and led an armed fight against communists gaining power in Poland. The name National Army became for the next fewer years, possibly even decades, a symbol of independency and patronized many treatments to regain it.

The commanders and soldiers of the National Army for many years of the People's Poland have been killed and persecuted. By 1956, many of them had been found dead or lost years in Ubek prisons. Later they were inactive second-class citizens.

After 1989, Poland tries to give them due honor and meaning.

for: IPN