People's Guard (1942–1944)
| People's Guard | |
|---|---|
| Gwardia Ludowa | |
Eagle of GL | |
| Active | 6 January 1942 – 1 January 1944 (transformed into People's Army) |
| Country | Poland |
| Allegiance | Polish Workers' Party |
| Type | Partisan |
| Role | Guerrilla warfare HUMINT Patrolling PSYWAR Raiding Reconnaissance |
| March | Marsz Gwardii Ludowej |
| Engagements | World War II Zamość Uprising Warsaw Ghetto Uprising |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Bolesław Mołojec Marian Spychalski Franciszek Jóźwiak |
| Insignia | |
| Identification symbol | |
The People's Guard (GL; Polish: Gwardia Ludowa; Polish pronunciation: [ˈɡvardja luˈdɔva]) was a communist partisan force of the Polish Workers' Party (PPR) active in Occupied Poland during World War II from 1942 to 1944.
The Gwardia Ludowa was established with sponsorship from the Soviet Union to support the Red Army and Polish communists against Nazi Germany. It became the largest partisan force in Poland which refused to join the structures of the Polish Underground State loyal to the London-based Polish government-in-exile. The Gwardia Ludowa was incorporated into the larger Armia Ludowa in January 1944.