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15-614: The organisation was created in October 1939 by Group Szaniec , itself originating from the far-right ONR-ABC , a faction of the National Radical Camp ( Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny, ONR ). On a structural level, it was subordinated to Organizacja Polska , a military department of ONR. ONR-ABC did not support the mainstream Polish Underground State , related to the Polish government-in-exile and thus OW ZJ became an alternate Polish military,

30-566: A counterweight to the ZWZ - AK of the Underground State. Perhaps ironically, the OW ZJ and its nemesis, the communist NKVD -controlled Gwardia Ludowa / Armia Ludowa , were the two major factions of Polish resistance that did not recognise the mainstream ZWZ-AK. The Związek Jaszczurczy conducted intelligence and sabotage operations in the territory of Nazi occupied Poland as well as in and around Berlin,

45-589: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Deutsche Werke Deutsche Werke Kiel AG was a German shipbuilding company that was founded in 1925 when Kaiserliche Werft Kiel and other shipyards were merged. It came as a result of the Treaty of Versailles after World War I that forced the German defense industry to shrink. The company was owned by the government of the Weimar Republic and its headquarters

60-735: The British Navy , which sought to destroy it in the Norwegian fjords . ZJ is credited with the destruction of a German experimental submarine in Gdańsk. The OW ZJ commander for most of its existence was Władysław Marcinkowski "Jaxa". In 1942 OW ZJ had most likely about 10,000 members, but some Polish historians give a higher estimates, even up to 70,000. OW ZJ had most influence in Warsaw , Kielce , Radom and Łódź . Group Szaniec Group Szaniec (lit. Rampart Group , Polish : Grupa Szańca )

75-707: The Brandenburg area, München, Silesia, Bavaria, Westfalen, Ruhr Basin, Hamburg, Bremen, western and eastern Pomerania area including Königsberg, and Danzig. The eradication of the Związek Jaszczurczy became of such importance to the Nazis that by the end of 1940, the Gestapo had created a dedicated unit, known as the SS-Sonderkommando ZJ ("Special Unit ZJ") to stop its sabotage and intelligence activities. In December 1941

90-731: The NSZ deciding to co-operate with AK in 1944, and the so-called NZS-ZJ faction would break off the main NSZ and refuse most co-operation with AK. Members of the OW ZJ, and later, NSZ, were strongly opposed to the Soviet Union throughout the war as an enemy of the Polish people just like Nazi Germany , and thus were militantly opposed to the Soviet-installed regime, which became established in Poland after World War II. The communist regime branded them enemies of

105-633: The ZJ Intelligence Unit "West", which played a significant role in the outcome of the war were obtaining information about Nazi aggression on Greece , obtaining a date of an attack by the Afrika Korps directed towards Alexandria , establishing the location of the Nazi battleship Tirpitz , establishing the locations of the ultrasecret Nazi V-2 rocket manufacturing facility in Peenemünde and establishing

120-839: The ZJ agents of the Intelligence Unit "West" sentenced to death and executed by the Nazis by beheading at the Moabit prison in Berlin, are immortalised on a commemorative plaque at the St. Brigida's Basilica in Gdańsk , Poland. In September 1942, OW ZJ merged with part of National Military Organization ( Narodowa Organizacja Wojskowa , the rest of which merged with ZWZ-AK) and formed the National Armed Forces ( Narodowe Siły Zbrojne ). The OW ZJ faction opposed to

135-447: The first wave of arrests of agents NSZ/ZJ began. At the end of 1943 alone, 80 individuals were arrested. The Military Tribunal of Nazi Germany more rigorously expanded German military laws, which dealt with those arrested mercilessly. From among dozens of arrested, only 3 individuals (among them one German national) were found not guilty. The others were sentenced to lengthy imprisonment, and half of them were sentenced to death. The names of

150-566: The location of the test site of German V rockets and their precise drawings and dimensions. The ZJ also managed to infiltrate its agent, Edmund Konieczny , into the Deutsche Werke Kiel repair shipyard in Gdynia to ascertain the number and types of vessels being repaired there and the extent of their battle damage, which allowed it in turn to locate the German battleship Gneisenau . It had escaped

165-405: The state , and the communist propaganda apparatus consistently referred to them as fascists and Nazis (see cursed soldiers ). OW ZJ did not carry out many combat operations (in any case, they were uncommon until 1942–1944) but instead had a well-developed intelligence network. It also engaged in psychological warfare and carried out various propaganda operations. Among many accomplishments of

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180-676: The war, Szaniec Group fought the Nazi Germany occupiers. Near the end of the war, Szaniec Group saw the communists and the Soviet Union as more dangerous to future of Poland than Nazi Germany, and on a few occasions collaborated with the Germans against the Soviets (see for example the Holy Cross Mountains Brigade ). This Polish history –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This World War II article

195-795: Was a far-right World War II Polish underground movement founded by the activists of the Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny ABC party (splinter of the National Radical Camp ). Szaniec's military arm was the Military Organization Lizard Union . Its notable activists included Tadeusz Salski . Notably, the Szaniec Group did not recognize the Polish Underground State , and absorbed part of the National Armed Forces which refused to join Armia Krajowa in 1944. Early in

210-400: Was changed to naval ships . During World War II the company expanded to Gdynia , establishing Deutsche Werke Gotenhafen . Deutsche Werke facilities and infrastructure were destroyed during World War II by bombing raids . Parts of the works were reorganised as Maschinenbau Kiel . In 1955 the shipyard areas were bought by Howaldtswerke . This German corporation or company article

225-607: Was in Berlin while the manufacturing location was in Kiel . Besides shipbuilding, Deutsche Werke also produced firearms . Especially well-known are the so-called Ortgies pistols , which were particularly popular in the United States . The pistols were developed by Heinrich Ortgies . Deutsche Werke started building merchant ships , but when the Nazi Party gained power in 1933 the production

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