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The underground military organization in occupied Poland, which functioned in all areas of the country from the fall of 1939 until its disbanding in January 1945.The AK originated from the Sluzba Zwyciestwu Polski (Polish Victory Service), created in late September 1939 by Gen. Michael Torkarzewski-Karaszewicz. ThatDecember, Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski replaced this organization with the Zwiazek Walki Zbrojnej (Union for Armed Struggle), which became the AK in February1942. The AK's first commander was Stefan Rowecki (known as Grot, or "arrowhead"), until his arrest; he was succeeded by Tadeusz Bor-Komorowski, from July1943 until the latter's capture in September 1944. The last commander was Leopold Okulicki, known as Niedzwiadek ("bear cub").

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