Action under the Arsenal, the elimination of Franz Kutschera or finally Action Góral are symbols of the Home Army's activities. Meanwhile, the history of the Secret State is full of surprising facts about which school textbooks are silent. It is high time to recall them.
As always, all items in our TOP8 are based on articles published by "Historical Curiosities". This time - those dedicated to the Home Army.
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 | 8. | Home Army soldiers managed to take over the whole city . On the night of August 31 to September 1, 1943, they took control of the village of Końskie. The disproportion of forces was thirty to one in favor of the Germans. No Home Army died in this daring action (read more about that). |
 | 7. | The Polish underground sentenced Poles to death. Only in Krakow, since 1940, the soldiers of the ZWZ-AK liquidated several dozen hacks. And no wonder. In all of occupied Poland, the Gestapo had about 60,000 agents and associates (read more about this). |
 | 6. | The most dangerous work in the underground was done by women . Every day they risked their lives carrying reports, guns and bad parcels. On average, their underground career lasted only three months. Few of them had a chance to live to the end of the war (read more on that). |
 | 5. | Krakow was a key place for executors from the Home Army. It was in this city that both the first and the last great coup of the Home Army took place . On April 20, 1943, underground soldiers severely wounded SS commander Friedrich Krüger . On July 11, 1944, they made an unsuccessful attempt to attack Wilhelm Koppe (read more on this). |
 | 4. | She used the most ruthless methods in the fight against the AK occupier . Over-zealous Volksdeutsches were reported "voluntarily" to the Wehrmacht. In bars, alcohol was poisoned with lethal germs. The Secret State has even gone so far as to cooperate with the criminal world (read more on this). |
 | 3. | The Home Army was able to take back its men without firing a shot. Underground State agents infected prisoners with typhus. They were stolen from hospitals. They even faked death during surgery. Anything but to leave the heroes to the prey of the Nazis (read more on this topic). |
 | 2. | Underground soldiers almost got Hans Frank out. The Governor-General was seconds away from being killed in the coup. Members of the Krakow Home Army cell blew up his train. The charge exploded just outside the governor-general's lounge (read more on that). |
 | 1. | The most spectacular action of the Home Army took only 90 seconds. The soldiers of the "Agat" unit needed that long to kill Franz Bürkel, the notorious Pawiak executioner . They also killed nine other Germans in combat . They haven't suffered any losses themselves (read more about this). |