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{{Short description|First Polish resistance movement in World War II}}
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'''Service for Poland's Victory''' ({{langx|pl|Służba Zwycięstwu Polski}}; '''SZP'''), also translated as the '''Polish Victory Service''', was the first [[Polish resistance movement in World War II]]. It was created by the order of general [[Juliusz Rómmel]] on 27 September 1939, when the [[Siege of Warsaw (1939)|siege of Warsaw]], capital of Poland, where Rómmel commanded Polish defence, was nearing its end (Warsaw would capitulate on 28 September).

The commander of SZP was General [[Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski]].<ref name="Mikolajczyk8">Stanislaw Mikolajczyk ''The Pattern of Soviet Domination'' Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1948 Page 8</ref> This secret organisation was tasked with the continuing of armed struggle to liberate Poland in the pre-war borders of the [[Second Polish Republic]], recreation and reorganization of the [[Polish army]] and establishment of the secret government ([[Polish Underground State]]).

In November 1939 SZP was renamed [[Union of Armed Struggle]] (ZWZ).

==See also==
* [[Związek Walki Zbrojnej]]
* [[Home Army]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{in lang|pl}} [http://www.sww.w.szu.pl/serw_tem/alianci/polacy/organizacje/szp.html Służba Zwycięstwu Polski (SZP).]
*{{in lang|pl}} [http://www.dws.xip.pl/PW/pw4.html I. Początki Konspiracyjnego Wojska Polskiego.]
*{{in lang|pl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20081005031308/http://zdanowski.elczanie.pl/pliki/publikacje/o_historii/powstanie_ZWZ_AK.php Powstanie ZWZ - AK]

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