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Polish World War II Home Army unit
Kedyw (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkɛdɨf], partial acronym of Kierownictwo Dywersji ("Directorate of Sabotage") was a Polish World War II Home Army unit that
Kedyw
Anti-nazi resistance fighter and IDF officer
Army (AK) with a rank of lieutenant colonel. He was also a member of the Kedyw unit, "Kolegium A", of the Warsaw Region of AK, a participant in the Warsaw
Stanisław_Aronson
Austrian Nazi politician and government official (1904–1944)
down in front of the SS headquarters in Warsaw in a special operation by Kedyw, a dedicated resistance special operations unit. In reprisal, the Germans
Franz_Kutschera
Jewish insurgency against Nazi Germany in German-occupied Poland during World War II
ISBN 83-060-0717-4. Witkowski, Henryk (1984). Kedyw okręgu warszawskiego Armii Krajowej w latach 1943–1944 [Kedyw of Warsaw district of the Home Army in the
Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising
Military unit
the ZWZ and Home Army. Most of them joined Wachlarz, Związek Odwetu and KeDyw. Many became important staff officers of the Polish Secret Army and took
Silent_Unseen
World War II roundups by Germans in Poland
Operation Heads (Operacja Główki), Polish underground combat units from Kedyw eliminated roundup organizers such as: Kurt Hoffman - chief of the unemployment
Łapanka
Polish military leader (1896–1988)
Secret Military Organization (later merged with the Home Army), commander of Kedyw and the Radosław Group during Warsaw Uprising. After the war, he was a political
Jan_Mazurkiewicz
12 August 1943. It was carried out in the center of Warsaw by a unit of Kedyw, "Motor", which seized a transport car carrying the money. It was one of
Operation_Góral
Submachine gun
near Warsaw, the weapon was presented to the commanding officer of the KeDyw, August Emil Fieldorf, who found the design acceptable. In November the
Błyskawica_submachine_gun
Code name for assassination carried out by Poland
Polish Secret State, Kutschera was shot dead on 1 February 1944 by the Kedyw special operations unit of the underground Home Army. It was a part of the
Operation_Kutschera
World War II Polish resistance movement
propaganda Bureau of Finances (sometimes called "Section VII") – finances Kedyw (acronym for Kierownictwo Dywersji, Polish for "Directorate of Diversion")
Home_Army
civilians in Poland, by members of the Polish Home Army "Kedyw" unit on May 6, 1943. On 6 May 1943, a Kedyw unit estimated at approximately 80 fighters according
Mołożów_massacre
Defensive battles during World War II in Warsaw
and Okopowa Street in Warsaw, conducted by soldiers of the Home Army's Kedyw during the Warsaw Uprising. From August 6 to 11, 1944, the units of the
Defense of the Wola cemeteries
Defense_of_the_Wola_cemeteries
Major World War II operation by the Polish resistance Home Army
in Okęcie; while the units of the Directorate of Sabotage and Diversion (Kedyw) remained attached to the Uprising Headquarters. On 20 September, the sub-districts
Warsaw_Uprising
Polish military officer (1901–1948)
Shortly after rejoining the resistance, Pilecki became a member of the Kedyw sabotage unit, using the pseudonym Roman Jezierski. He also joined a secret
Witold_Pilecki
operations of the Armia Krajowa Kedyw during World War II. In August 1943, the headquarters of the Armia Krajowa ordered Kedyw to prepare an armed action against
Operation_Belt
Radosław Group (Polish: Zgrupowanie Radosław) was the codename of a group of Kedyw, a Polish World War II Armia Krajowa organization, units during World War
Radosław_Group
Polish general
1941 in Wilno and in Białystok. A year later he was given command of the Kedyw (special operations executive) of the AK, where he served until February
August_Emil_Fieldorf
5 com. AK Group 'Wiktor' Company 'Wiktor' 4 plat. AK Disposition units KeDyw Disposition Unit 'A' 2 plat. (Each) AK Company 'Koszta' Defensive screen
List of military units in the Warsaw Uprising
List_of_military_units_in_the_Warsaw_Uprising
Deliberate action aimed at weakening another entity
warfare Improvised explosive device Industrial espionage Internet troll Kedyw Mutiny Norwegian heavy water sabotage Partisan Political warfare Provocateur
Sabotage
Mass executions of Polish hostages carried out on the streets of Warsaw
the successful assassination of Kutschera by soldiers of the Home Army's Kedyw unit. Warsaw was considered by the German occupiers as the center of Polish
Street executions in Warsaw (1943–1944)
Street_executions_in_Warsaw_(1943–1944)
Polish general
Stanisław "Stasinek" Sosabowski [pl], a student of Medecin and member of the Kedyw, had been hit by a grenade during the Warsaw Uprising, causing him to lose
Stanisław_Sosabowski
WWII assassinations of Nazi officials in Poland
SS-Scharführer member of Pawiak prison administration. He was killed in 1943 by the Kedyw section of Battalion Parasol. Herbert Schultz SS-Obersturmführer assassinated
Operation_Heads
Ukrainian collaborationist police units during World War II
Delegation for Poland started negotiations with the OUN-B. When they failed, Kedyw began an action called "Nieszpory" (Vespers) where 11 policemen were shot
Ukrainian_Auxiliary_Police
1943 Polish resistance operation
of assassinations of notorious SS officers in Warsaw carried out by the Kedyw's special group Agat ("Anti-Gestapo") between 1943 and 1944, and their first
Operation_Bürkl
Historical fabrication devised by Władysław Rażmowski
specifically Kedyw (the combat branch of the Home Army), in the uprising. She points to two documents: one is a June 1943 report by the Kedyw commander in
Operation_Treblinka
Place in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland
Katyn massacre in April–May 1940. In the night of August 5/6, 1943, the Kedyw carried out a successful attack on the local prison. Poles who rescued Jews
Jasło
Polish resistance member
January 1944, Dekutowski became commandant of Kedyw of the Lublin - Puławy area. He ordered six smaller Kedyw units to join forces, thus creating a strong
Hieronim_Dekutowski
Combatant organizations opposed to Nazi Germany
Soldiers from Kolegium "A" of Kedyw on Stawki Street in Wola district – Warsaw Uprising 1944
Polish resistance movement in World War II
Polish_resistance_movement_in_World_War_II
Polish civil resistance
the commander of the Home Army, its chief of staff, the commander of the KeDyw, the chief of the Bureau of Information and Propaganda, and a representative
Directorate of Underground Resistance
Directorate_of_Underground_Resistance
Unit of the Home Army's Kedyw for special tasks (Warsaw Uprising; Poland; 1943–1944)
Unit of the Home Army's Kedyw for special tasks (Warsaw Uprising; Poland; 1943–1944)
Parasol_Battalion
1943 Nazi war crime in occupied Poland
Krajowa, AK) were active in the nearby forests. On 10 July 1943, a platoon of Kedyw of the Home Army led by 2nd Lieutenant Tadeusz Westfal, pseudonym Miś (Bear)
Krasowo-Częstki_massacre
Army that included, among others, units of the Home Army High Command's Kedyw – was operating there. At the "W" Hour, the Zośka Battalion, which belonged
Liberation of Warsaw concentration camp
Liberation_of_Warsaw_concentration_camp
WW2 Polish resistance organisation
transformed or transferred into the newly organized "Directorate for Diversion", Kedyw. Some of the other TOWs, such as the Pomeranian Griffin, continued to exist
Secret_Military_Organization
own losses. Some of Germans was eliminated every day." - Report of the Kedyw for the month of April 1943, Warsaw District of the Home Army Details of
Ghetto_Action
British spy
Prague, Budapest, Berlin and Hamburg. He was also a member of selective Kedyw groups (patrole), which carried out executions of Nazi collaborators and
Ron_Jeffery
building. On February 1, 1944, soldiers of the "Pegasus" unit belonging to Kedyw AK carried out a successful attack on Kutschera in Ujazdów Avenue. Most
Executions in the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto (1943–1944)
Executions_in_the_ruins_of_the_Warsaw_Ghetto_(1943–1944)
Polish Army major general (1892–1985)
general (generał brygady). He commanded sabotage operations carried out by Kedyw units against the German war machine (including disruption of several rail
Tadeusz_Pełczyński
German Nazi and SS and police leader (1896–1975)
assassination resulted in his being wounded on 11 July 1944 in Kraków by a Kedyw unit – Battalion Parasol – in "Operation Koppe", part of "Operation Heads"
Wilhelm_Koppe
(formally from January 1943) also of the Kedyw. In 1943, the position of security officer was established at the Kedyw. These services also dealt with providing
Military_Special_Court
In January 1943 the AK's High Command created the Kierownictwo Dywersji (Kedyw, Directorate of Sabotage), merging Związek Odwetu and Wachlarz, with Colonel
Sabotage_in_World_War_II
Polish anti-Nazi resistance fighter (1921–1943)
e. the Special Unit "Jerzy", one of the dispatching units of Home Army Kedyw (Directorate of Diversion) which established at that time. After graduating
Tadeusz_Zawadzki
Polish banker and underground activist (1906–1944)
attack carried out by undercover Polish soldiers from the special unit of Kedyw of the Home Army Headquarters. After finding incriminating materials on
Halina_Seyda
Anti-Nazi resistance
November 1942 and January 1943) were organized by the Union of Retaliation and Kedyw groups of the Polish Home Army. The fourth was organized in September 1943
Railway sabotage during World War II
Railway_sabotage_during_World_War_II
Polish escapee from Auschwitz (1921–1943)
death sentences unilaterally for individuals who posed a direct threat to Kedyw. Testimonies in Jaster's favor were given by people related to him or closely
Stanisław_Gustaw_Jaster
District (Białystok AK District), gave the partisan units and units of the Kedyw of the Białystok AK District the names of regiments of the Polish Army.
Władysław_Liniarski
the Union of Retaliation, officer of the Union of Armed Struggle and the Kedyw of Home Army. President of the Freedom and Independence from 1945 to 1946
Franciszek_Niepokólczycki
Polish zoologist and Warsaw Uprising participant (born 1924)
1st Company "Maciek" – Zośka Battalion – Broda 53 Diversionary Brigade – Kedyw of the Main Command of the Home Army. When the Warsaw Uprising began, due
Jakub_Tomasz_Nowakowski
Commemorative coins offered by Poland in the year 2009
KRAJ·KWP·/KWC·WACH-/LARZ·AKCJAV1·V2·/BURZA·/AKCJA OSTRA/BRAMA·WALKA/CYWILNA/BIP·/ŻEGOTA·/KEDYW·/27 WO-/ŁYŃSKA/DYWIZJA PIECHOTY AK·/POWSTANIE WARSZAWSKIE`/44·SZP·ZWZ·AK
Commemorative coins of Poland: 2009
Commemorative_coins_of_Poland:_2009
Unit of the Home Army tasked with special operations
activities. In February 1943, Osa was incorporated into the structures of Kedyw, and its name was changed to Kosa 30. However, it retained its structure
Organization of Special Combat Actions
Organization_of_Special_Combat_Actions
Polish soldier and male impersonator
- "oddział Dysk" (Women's Diversion and Sabotage unit), as part of the Kedyw. Its members carried out attacks on German military personnel, airfields
Wanda_Gertz
Nazi concentration camp in German-occupied Poland during World War II
an uprising against Germans in Warsaw. In the first day of fighting, the Kedyw (sabotage command) for the Home Army District of Warsaw led by Lt. Stanisław
Warsaw_concentration_camp
Polish architect (1923–2023)
introduced to it by Stanisław Huskowski. Initially, she was assigned to the Kedyw of the Home Army Command – "Pegaz" company. During the Warsaw uprising,
Wanda_Janicka
the "Dysc" Branch [pl], an all-female diversion and sabotage unit of the Kedyw (Directorate of Diversion) of the AK Headquarters, were assigned to carry
Women_in_the_Polish_Army
Part of the Warsaw Uprising, 1944
Karol and Maria Hospital. The Headquarters of the Sanitary Division of Kedyw (Home Army's Directorate of Sabotage and Diversion) also set up in the hospital
Wola hospitals during the Warsaw Uprising
Wola_hospitals_during_the_Warsaw_Uprising
Polish aviator (1920–2002)
at the age of 16. During the Second World War she was a soldier in the Kedyw unit (Kierownictwo Dywersji Komendy Głównej Armii Krajowej), which August
Irena_Kempówna
Movement and former far-right political party in Poland
from Chojnice. Other organisations that have joined the movement include Kedyw Poznań, Pancerni Poznań (a uniformed paramilitary anti-Ukrainian and anti-vaccine
Rodacy_Kamraci
Polish communist activist
Another theory is that execution was carried out by Home Army soldiers from Kedyw because of Nowotko's supposed collaboration with the Gestapo.[citation needed]
Marceli_Nowotko
Polish engineer, resistance fighter
with the Home Army, she worked at the headquarters of the Warsaw District Kedyw. She was arrested while carrying incriminating material during a street
Wanda_Kirchmayer
Polish Army officer
local civilian hostages in retaliation. Kopisto served as commander of Kedyw in the Łuck Inspectorate, and organized Polish self-defence in Wołyń. He
Wacław_Kopisto
Polish scout and member of Polish anti-Nazi resistance
Jerzy Antoni Lewiński [pl] "Chuchro" – the commander of the Warsaw District Kedyw – with a request to order an action for him, even one in which he would
Jan_Kryst
Codename for the underground paramilitary Polish Scouting Association during World War II
youngsters aged 17 and up, were directly subordinate to the Home Army's KeDyw (Directorate of Diversion). The groups trained at secret NCO schools and
Grey_Ranks
Topics referred to by the same term
organization that provides scholarship opportunities to high school senior girls KeDyw, a Polish World War II Home Army unit This disambiguation page lists articles
DYW
Polish professor of mechanical engineer
involved in small-scale trade and production, and was also a member of the Kedyw, where he was responsible for automotive matters such as transporting supplies
Mieczysław_Dębicki
Polish resistance fighter (1904–1985)
Western Allies. Together with Marian Górski (codename "Wencel"), the chief of Kedyw espionage unit, he organized Operation Gotingen-Vulkan, involving spreading
Józef_Chyliński
Underground Biuletyn Informacyjny announcing death sentence by Kedyw and the execution of named individuals who blackmailed Polish villagers hiding Jews
Rescue of Jews by Poles during the Holocaust
Rescue_of_Jews_by_Poles_during_the_Holocaust
authorities on 12 August 1943. It was carried out in the center of Warsaw by a Kedyw "Motor" unit, which seized a transport car carrying the money. It was one
Emil_Kumor
Memorial plaque design in Warsaw, Poland
Police cars, carried out a day earlier at this point by soldiers of AK Kedyw. 71 Puławska Street On the wall of a building "The place sanctified by the
Tchorek_plaques
Military unit
protection of the Home Army units operating in this area. In November 1942, a Kedyw unit, consisting of 15 Home Army soldiers derailed a train 20 km from Czeremcha
Bielsk Podlaski District (Home Army)
Bielsk_Podlaski_District_(Home_Army)
Neighborhood in Stalowa Wola, Poland
retreating Russian troops. In October 1943, the commander of the Home Army’s Kedyw, General Emil August Fieldorf ordered Operation "F." The objective was to
Charzewice,_Stalowa_Wola
assigned to the Radom-Kielce Home Army Area as the commanding officer of all Kedyw forces there. As the hilly and densely forested terrain was ideal for partisan
Jan_Piwnik
Village in Grodno Region, Belarus
which eventually annexed it from Poland in 1945. In February 1945, the Kedyw Polish resistance organization executed five NKVD agents in the village
Astasha
Polish engineer, designer
the Germans. He was active in the underground and was a soldier of the Kedyw with the rank of lieutenant under the pseudonym Bończa. During the Warsaw
Stanisław_Panczakiewicz
Raid). Before March 1943 all units of Wachlarz were incorporated into the KeDyw underground organization. Wojciech Königsberg (2014-01-30). "Brawurowa akcja
Wachlarz
204 Polish civilians massacred by German police, SS in 1943
into the Kedyw, a special unit dedicated to sabotage and diversion. Lieutenant Hipolit Krogulec was appointed the first commander of district Kedyw. Meanwhile
Michniów_massacre
Polish publisher and film producer (1949–2025)
the son of Maria Stypułkowska-Chojecka, member of the Armia Krajowa and Kedyw who participated in the Polish resistance during World War II. During the
Mirosław_Chojecki
German resistance in the ghetto ruins. On August 4, 1944, soldiers of the Kedyw battalions of the Home Army— "Zośka" and "Miotła" [pl]—and the X Group of
Befehlstelle
his life. On August 31, along with his Company Rudy and Group A of the Kedyw Leadership, Więckowski successfully broke through German lines in the Saxon
Jan_Więckowski
moved to Zamość, where he later took over the post of commandant of the Kedyw directorate. Between late 1942 and early 1943 German occupiers were forcibly
Marian_Gołębiewski_(soldier)
Group VI: Bronisław Posluszny, "Drucik", other names are unknown. Wachlarz Kedyw The description of the raid on the Cichociemni webpage AKCJA PIŃSKA: ZDOBYĆ
1943_Pinsk_Prison_raid
of the Armia Krajowa. The advisory body was composed of the commander of KeDyw, chief of Bureau of Information and Propaganda and an envoy of Directorate
Directorate of Covert Resistance
Directorate_of_Covert_Resistance
Military unit
II" Head of supply: ppor. cz. w. Kazimierz Wojtasz "Osowiecki" Head of Kedyw: ppor. Henryk Powichrowski "Leński" Head of Intelligence: Jozef Sapieżko
Białystok Inspectorate (Home Army)
Białystok_Inspectorate_(Home_Army)
Polish military officer and lawyer (1915–1979)
platoon organised by the PLAN II (codename DB-3), which became part of the AK Kedyw company for Warsaw district of Śródmieście. The main reason for entrusting
Cezary_Ketling-Szemley
Military unit
and predecessors Headquarters and Directorates Information and Propaganda Kedyw Civil Resistance Covert Resistance Underground Resistance Combat units 2nd
104th_Company_of_Syndicalists
Military unit
Liniarski, assigned the names of Polish Army regiments to partisan units and Kedyw units of the Białystok District of the Home Army. For example, Augustów
Białystok District (Home Army)
Białystok_District_(Home_Army)
Service for Poland's Victory. Since 1942, he commanded a sabotage unit of the Kedyw, using noms de guerre Ziomek, Rudzki, Kalinowski, Lipinski and Dyrektor
Jan_Wojciech_Kiwerski
Polish World War II resistance organisation
merged with the Wachlarz and OSA units and formed the backbone of the Kedyw organization. During the later stages of its existence, the ZO was headed
Union_of_Retaliation
Battalion of the Military Units of the Uprising Emergency of Socialists
Company. This company organized a sabotage group in cooperation with the Kedyw platoon from Wola. 3rd Company (commander – Corporal Wiktor Łuniewski, codenamed
3rd Battalion of the Military Units of the Uprising Emergency of Socialists
3rd_Battalion_of_the_Military_Units_of_the_Uprising_Emergency_of_Socialists
September. After the dissolution of Wachlarz (March 1943), Rogowski joined Kedyw, as commander of Kielce Area. He took part in several raids, including the
Jan_Rogowski
Employment offices established by the Nazi German authorities in Poland
targets of underground assassinations. On 9 April 1943, soldiers of the Kedyw of the Praga Subdistrict of the Home Army successfully assassinated the
Arbeitsamt_in_occupied_Poland
Partisan formation of the Home Army
In addition, at the end of 1942, the district command established the Kedyw unit. Initially, it was in the form of a squad, but already in the first
Kampinos_Group
World War II German prisoner-of-war camp
Misiąg, infantry colonel Franciszek Niepokólczycki, colonel, co-organizer of Kedyw Andrzej Nowicki, poet and satirical writer. Kazimierz Rudzki, actor Jan
Oflag_II-C
School and youth of Marymont. In the beginning of 1943, upon the creation og Kedyw, it was created the 9th company of military subversion Żniwiarz, which was
Żniwiarz_Group
Polish resistance fighter (1923–1949)
company "Rudy" of the "Zośka" Battalion, which was a part of the group of Kedyw KG AK commanded by Colonel Jan Mazurkiewicz "Radosław". On 2 August, together
Jan_Rodowicz
Polish historian (born 1935)
with 40 other people, when she was exposed as a courier between Vilnius' "Kedyw" and the general staff of the Polish Home Army. Early in January 1945 Sikorski's
Jerzy_Sikorski
Arrest of soldiers from the Osa–Kosa 30 unit
At the beginning of 1943, Osa was incorporated into the structures of Kedyw, and its name was simultaneously changed to Kosa 30. However, the unit retained
Disbandment_of_Osa–Kosa_30
Unsuccessful attempt to capture the Bielany airfield in Warsaw
barbed wire fence. After a successful sabotage operation carried out by Kedyw soldiers of the Home Army on the night between May 3 and 4, 1944, the Germans
Insurgent attacks on the Bielany airfield
Insurgent_attacks_on_the_Bielany_airfield
Nazi crimes in Warsaw's Solec during the Warsaw Uprising
and unidentified Hanka and Marysia from the Parasol Battalion), who, with Kedyw comrades, tried hiding among civilians and captured "Berling's men". A Wehrmacht
Pacification of Powiśle Czerniakowskie
Pacification_of_Powiśle_Czerniakowskie
Polish engineer
July 5, 1944 by his own soldiers in the Powązki cemetery. These men were Kedyw soldiers of the Mińsk Mazowiecki District Command of the Home Army. They
Jerzy_Makowiecki
Polish military officer
activity as part of ZWZ and later the Home Army (AK). He was the head of Kedyw's Sub-region "A" (around Dęblin and Ryki) in the AK region of Puławy. From
Marian_Bernaciak
KEDYW
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Male
German
 Variant spelling of Frankish German Rannulf, RANULF means "plundering wolf." Compare with another form of Ranulf.
Girl/Female
Muslim
High, Sublime, Exquisite
Male
Italian
Variant spelling of Italian Gerolamo, GIROLAMO means "holy name."
Girl/Female
Hindu
New
Boy/Male
Indian
Doer, Work Man
Girl/Female
Hindu
A tribal devotee of Lord Rama (Devotee of Ram who offered him berry fruit)
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Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Admired; Praisable Man
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Greek Basque
People's victory.
Female
Finnish
Feminine form of Finnish Jooseppi, JOSEFIINA means "(God) shall add (another son)."Â
Girl/Female
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Muslim, Tamil
The Name of Flower in the Heaven
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