Talk:People's Army (Poland)

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The third paragraph of this article does seem to match contents of http://wolnapolska.boom.ru/index-AL.html

However, this anon IP has done vandalism in the past and others have reverted... what's the story? -- Curps 08:01, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * When I expanded the stub by User:Philip Baird Shearer I incorporated most of the material posted here before. However, other Philip's contribution make me think that it is highly doubtful that he copied some info from a copyrighted page without permission, more probable is that it was the other way around. Anyway, I asked him via his talk page to explain the problem here. Halibutt 10:47, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)

Not sure where I got the original material from because I usually use books or the original sources (but never if they are in Polish!), however in this case I remember that I viewd a number of pages on the web (so that the info came from more that one source and verified) before hacking the stub together. To stop any arguments aboutd directions and a destuctive edit war, I have rewritten it. Philip Baird Shearer 15:21, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Great, I hope that the problem is fixed now. Thanks, Philip. Halibutt 17:40, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)

Incredible, did anyone even bothered to ask the author of http://wolnapolska.boom.ru/index-AL.html about the matter?

And if the guy above uses books that are "never in Polish!" what kind of books does he use? Never seen this information in a non-Polish book.

That he failed to even list the Web pages he presumably got his information from is rather odd too.

Soviet
AL was a Soviet organization, controlled by Stalin. It's interesting that you haven't mentioned it. I'm going to change the article. If you have any proves, that the AL was independent from Moscow, say it now. Xx236 09:44, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * AL was controlled by Soviets all right but it wasn't a Soviet organization. Post-war Polish People's Republic was also largely controlled by Soviets. It didn't make it still a Soviet Republic. Please use terminology appropriately. --Irpen

And you define, what "appropriate" is?

Any Communist party was controlled from Moscow till Tito's revolt. Any member of the PPR was a member of the GL and AL. You may call them Polish branch of something, but never Polish. Xx236 09:58, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't define anything. If you show respectected historian's work who call the AL a Soviet organization and PPR a Soivet Republic, we'll return to the subject. --Irpen 07:27, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Sir, PPR was a Communist party, not republic. Learn before you discuss. I have another definition - the historians who claim that the AL was non-Soviet are not respected. Xx236 14:58, 15 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, it is easy to resolve. Just show anyone respected at any rate who call AL a "Soviet organization" (Soviet running doesn't count as one and the other are not the same) and come back. PPR=Polish People's Republic. The party was called PUWP. Learn your own terminology while looking for sources on AL. --Irpen 18:31, 15 May 2006 (UTC)


 * The so called "Polska Republika Ludowa" is usaully written as People's Republic of Poland as it was claimed to be "a Polish Republic that belongs to the People", not "a Republic that belongs to Polish People" and "Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnia" - "Polish United Workers' Party" was created from the "Polska Partia Robotnicza" - "Polish Workers' Party". You obviously don't have the slightes idea what you are writing about do you? And yet that doesn't seem to prevent you from making fun of a guy who's fammiliar with the topic but doesn't speak English as good as you do. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.219.28.146 (talk • contribs).

PPR and PRP are used interchangeably, as you can see from a redirect. I am not making fun of anyone and even less so would I make fun of someone's knowing English less than perfectly. My own English isn't too good, btw. I requested my opponent to simply not call AL the "Soviet organization" if this is not accepted among historians. Being "Soviet controlled" and being "Soviet" is not one and the same terminology-wise. PRP was largely Soviet controlled as well but it was not a Soviet Republic, while Ukrainian SSR or Lithuanian SSR were such. If my comments were interpreted as ridiculing my opponents English, I sincerely appologize. --Irpen 20:18, 15 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Irpen, perhaps you could check some books before you write something like that. PPR stands for Polska Partia Robotnicza, which was the "Polish" agency of the Soviet commie party. And it was definitely Soviet-controlled, although you're right that it was not entirely Soviet.  // Halibutt 20:43, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

The issue is not really was it Soviet (controlled) entirely or not. The issue is whether it is right to call it a "Soviet organization". CPSU was Soviet organization. Komsomol also was. Red Army wasa Soviet organization. Neither AL nor Polska Partia Robotnicza were Soviet organizations, nor PRP was a Soviet Republic no matter how much Soviet controlled it was. Please stick to the subject. --Irpen 20:47, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

They were Soviet and pretended not to be, to deceive Polish people and some Western politicians. Mareshal Rokossovsky wore Polish uniform and Bierut pretended to be a roman-catholic Pole with no party adherence. Ukraine had also a ministry of foreign affairs, like Poland. Soviet Army units occupied about 1% of Poland, including such key points like Świnoujście. Xx236 11:28, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

The Soviets never occupied Swinoujscie; you should know what percentage of Cyprus is still occupied by your beloved English, who never really came there to liberate it in the first place.

It was not PRP, but PRL. Besides, the GL or AL were as much "Soviet" as the AK was "British" - ever want to point that out? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.86.52.175 (talk • contribs).


 * I used to live in USSR (was born there and moved to US in '91) Poland was always referred to in both history books and news/etc as friendly country, not a 16th republic (15 republics made up USSR more or less the way USA is made up of 51 states). I also noticed that while article on AK is quite extensive, the AL article seems to mention it omre or less in passing like AL did not do anything even remotely heroic. --RossZ R 03:09, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * "like AL did not do anything even remotely heroic"

It didn't. They were four main points of AL activity: Thus it was just a armed Soviet organisation wanting Poland to be occupied by a regime that engaged in genocide against Polish people in Katyn. --Molobo 18:33, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * -Killing Polish resistance members to ensure Soviet occupation.
 * -Cooperation with Gestapo against Polish resistance
 * -Robberies
 * -Supporting occupation of Poland by Soviets


 * The Polish communists weren't even ethnic Poles. They were Ukrainians and Belarusians (both considered part of the Russian race as opposed to the inferior Polish race). 2A00:23C7:5882:8201:D08B:4A9C:C3CA:D0B1 (talk) 21:37, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

all left-wing Polish anti-Nazi resistance organizations
It's not true. The biggest left-wing party was PPS. Xx236 10:01, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

And part of the PPS joined the AL, only you forgot to mention it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.86.52.175 (talk • contribs)

“The Polish People's Army"
The quoted text is about the LWP. not AL. Xx236 11:33, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Polish Army in the Soviet Union
There isn't such article. Was it the 1. Army or something more? Xx236 13:04, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

"It was the largest military organization which refused to join the structures of the Polish Underground State."
Is this true and if so, shouldn't be cited? The alternative candidate here would of course be that portion of NSZ which refused to merge with AK. I recall reading some disputes awhile back related to this topic which essentially revolved around the fact that both organizations, AL and NSZ-ZJ, were much stronger on paper than in reality. Also when exactly during the war we're talking about probably matters.radek (talk) 20:16, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Not a reliable source
Neither the free dictionary nor the Great Soviet Encyclopedia are considered reliable sources on English (or pretty much any other) Wikipedia.Volunteer Marek (talk) 19:43, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Latest Edits
The user Piotrus is turning the article into a mouthpiece for Polish government's propaganda outfit called the "Institue of National Remembrance", which has been heavily criticised such as here. Polish Government's surrogates' slurs against its opponents are not very interesting, and such material cannot be added without clear attribution. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.96.6.245 (talk) 00:14, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Please stop trolling the article. You may find more welcome at the http://communistwiki.wikispaces.com/ . --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 13:31, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

B-class review
Confirming for WP:POLAND. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; talk to me 17:19, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Partial truth
"set up by the communist Polish Workers' Party" - many decisions were taken in Moscow. Warsaw decided only when it lost contact with Moscow. AL was set up and controlled by the Soviet Union.Xx236 (talk) 05:53, 16 August 2016 (UTC)


 * The Polish communists weren't even ethnic Poles. They were Ukrainians and Belarusians (both considered part of the Russian race as opposed to the inferior Polish race). 2A00:23C7:5882:8201:D08B:4A9C:C3CA:D0B1 (talk) 21:32, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

propaganda in communist Poland espoused
The propaganda imposed the myth and the political police persecuted former AK soldiers and historians, it's not exactly espoused.Xx236 (talk) 05:58, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

2014 biased edits
The page was vandalised in 2014 and contains still hostile wording, eg. fled to London. The government was formed from scratch in France and later moved to London. The pre-war politicans were imprisoned in Romania. The president fled to Swizerland and resigned. Xx236 (talk) 06:06, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Please correct reference 11
Xx236 (talk) 07:02, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

" It was created by order"
It was reorganized from Gwardia Ludowa, perhaps only renamed, compare later in the text "However, GL/AL exploits". The Armia Ludowa included PPR members, many of whom weren't soldiers, so the numbers are inflated.Xx236 (talk) 11:50, 19 September 2019 (UTC)