Editing Home Army (section)

==Structure==
[[File:Armia krajowa 1 en.png|thumb|Regional organization, 1944]]

Home Army Headquarters was divided into five sections, two bureaus and several other specialized units:<ref name="MNK"/><ref name="Enc. WIEM: AK"/><ref name="Ney-Krwawicz1993-1825">{{cite book|author=Marek Ney-Krwawicz|title=Armia Krajowa: siła zbrojna Polskiego Państwa Polskiego|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c9WAAAAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne|isbn=978-83-02-05061-9|pages=18–25|language=pl}}</ref>
* Section I: Organization – personnel, justice, religion
* Section II: Intelligence and Counterintelligence
* Section III: Operations and Training – coordination, planning, preparation for a nationwide uprising
* Section IV: Logistics
* Section V: Communication – including with the Western Allies; air drops
* [[Bureau of Information and Propaganda]] (sometimes called "Section VI") – information and propaganda
* Bureau of Finances (sometimes called "Section VII") – finances
* [[Kedyw]] (acronym for ''Kierownictwo Dywersji'', Polish for "Directorate of Diversion") – special operations
* [[Directorate of Underground Resistance]]

The Home Army's commander was subordinate in the military [[chain of command]] to the Polish Commander-in-Chief ([[General Inspector of the Armed Forces]]) of the Polish government-in-exile and answered in the civilian chain of command to the Government Delegation for Poland.<ref name="Enc. WIEM: AK"/><ref name="Prazmowska2004"/>

The Home Army's first commander, until his arrest by the Germans in 1943, was [[Stefan Rowecki]] (''[[nom de guerre]]'' "''Grot''", "Spearhead"). [[Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski]] (Tadeusz Komorowski, ''nom de guerre'' "''Bór''", "Forest") commanded from July 1943 until his surrender to the Germans when the Warsaw Uprising was suppressed in October 1944. [[Leopold Okulicki]], ''nom de guerre'' ''Niedzwiadek'' ("Bear"), led the Home Army in its final days.<ref name="MNK"/><ref>{{Cite journal|last=LERSKI|first=GEORGE J.|date=1982|title=Review of GENERAŁ: Opowieść o Leopoldzie Okulickim (The General: Story of Leopold Okulicki), Jerzy R. Krzyżanowski |journal=The Polish Review|volume=27|issue=1/2|pages=166–168|jstor=25777876|issn=0032-2970}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nowak-Jeziorański|first=Jan|date=2003|title=Gestapo i NKWD|url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=2829|journal=Karta|language=pl|issue=37|pages=88–97|issn=0867-3764}}</ref><ref name="LerskiLerski1996">{{cite book|author1=Jerzy Jan Lerski|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QTUTqE2difgC|title=Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945|author2=George J. Lerski|author3=Halina T. Lerski|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=1996|isbn=978-0-313-26007-0|pages=47, 401, 513-514, 605-505}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
!Home Army commander
!Codename
!Period
!Replaced because
!Fate
!Photo
|-
|General [[Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski]]<br /><small>Technically, commander of [[Służba Zwycięstwu Polski]] and [[Związek Walki Zbrojnej]] as Armia Krajowa was not named such until 1942</small>
|''Torwid''
|{{Date table sorting|27 September 1939}} – March 1940
| Arrested by the Soviets
| Joined the [[Anders Army]], fought in the [[Polish Armed Forces in the West]]. Emigrated to United Kingdom.
| [[File:M. Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski.jpg|100px]]
|-
|General [[Stefan Rowecki]]
|''Grot''
|{{Date table sorting|18 June 1940}} – 30 June 1943
| Discovered and arrested by German [[Gestapo]]
| Imprisoned in [[Sachsenhausen concentration camp]]. Executed by personal decree of [[Heinrich Himmler]] after [[Warsaw Uprising]] had begun.
| [[File:Stefan Rowecki - 1930s.jpg|100px]]
|-
|General [[Tadeusz Komorowski]]
|''Bór''
|{{Date table sorting|July 1943}} – 2 September 1944
| Surrendered after end of [[Warsaw Uprising]].
| Emigrated to United Kingdom.
| [[File:Tadeusz Bor Komorowski.jpg|100px]]
|-
|General [[Leopold Okulicki]]
|''Niedźwiadek''
|{{Date table sorting|3 October 1944}} – 17 January 1945
| Dissolved AK trying to lessen the Polish-Soviet tensions.
| Arrested by the Soviets, sentenced to imprisonment in the [[Trial of the Sixteen]]. Likely executed in 1946.
| [[File:Okulicki.jpg|100px]]
|}

===Regions===
The Home Army was divided geographically into regional branches or areas (''obszar''),<ref name="MNK" /> which were subdivided into subregions or subareas (''podokręg'') or independent areas (''okręgi samodzielne''). There were 89 inspectorates (''inspektorat'') and 280 (as of early 1944) districts (''obwód'') as smaller organisational units.<ref name="Enc. WIEM: AK" /> Overall, the Home Army regional structure largely resembled Poland's interwar administration division, with an ''okręg'' being similar to a [[voivodeships of Poland|voivodeship]] (see [[Administrative division of Second Polish Republic]]).<ref name="Enc. WIEM: AK"/>

There were three to five areas: [[Warsaw]] (''Obszar Warszawski'', with some sources differentiating between left- and right-bank areas – ''Obszar Warszawski prawo- i lewobrzeżny''), Western (''Obszar Zachodni'', in the [[Pomerania]] and [[Poznań]] regions), and Southeastern (''Obszar Południowo-Wschodni'', in the [[Lwów]] area); sources vary on whether there was a Northeastern Area (centered in [[Białystok]] – ''Obszar Białystocki'') or whether Białystok was classified as an independent area (''Okręg samodzielny Białystok'').<ref name="Wiąk2003">{{cite book|author=Wiesław Józef Wiąk|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mtYhAQAAIAAJ|title=Struktura organizacyjna Armii Krajowej 1939-1944|publisher=UPJW|year=2003|isbn=978-83-916862-7-0|pages=5; 82|language=pl}}</ref>

{| style="font-size: 90%" class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|-
! Area
! Districts
! Codenames
! Units (re)created during the<br />reconstruction of the Polish<br />Army in [[Operation Tempest]]
|-
| ROWSPAN=3 | Warsaw area<br />Codenames: Cegielnia (Brickworks), Woda (Water), Rzeka (River)<br />[[Warsaw]]<br />Col. [[Albin Skroczyński]] ''Łaszcz''
| Eastern<br />Warsaw-[[Praga]]<br />Col. [[Hieronim Suszczyński]] ''Szeliga''
| Struga (stream), Krynica (source), Gorzelnia (distillery)
| [[Polish 10th Infantry Division|10th Infantry Division]]
|-
| Western<br />Warsaw<br />Col. [[Franciszek Jachieć]] ''Roman''
| Hallerowo ([[Stanisław Haller|Hallertown]]), [[Hajduk]]i, Cukrownia (Sugar factory)
| [[Polish 28th Infantry Division|28th Infantry Division]]
|-
| Northern<br />Warsaw<br />Lt. Col. [[Zygmunt Marszewski]] ''Kazimierz''
| [[Olsztyn]], [[Tuchola]], [[Kaliningrad|Królewiec]], Garbarnia (tannery)
| [[Polish 8th Infantry Division|8th Infantry Division]]
|-
| ROWSPAN=3 | Southeastern area<br />Codenames: Lux, Lutnia (Lute), Orzech (Nut)<br />[[Lwów]]<br />Col. [[Władysław Filipkowski]] ''Janka''
| Lwów<br />[[Lwów]] – divided into two areas<br />Okręg Lwów Zachód (West) and Okręg Lwów Wschód (East)<br />Col. [[Stefan Czerwiński]] ''Luśnia''
| Dukat (ducat), Lira (lire), Promień (ray)
| [[Polish 5th Infantry Division|5th Infantry Division]]
|-
| Stanisławów<br />[[Ivano-Frankivsk|Stanisławów]]<br />Capt. [[Władysław Herman]] ''Żuraw''
| Karaś ([[crucian carp]]), Struga (stream), Światła (lights)
| [[Polish 11th Infantry Division|11th Infantry Division]]
|-
| Tarnopol<br />[[Tarnopol]]<br />Maj. [[Bronisław Zawadzki]]
| Komar (mosquito), Tarcza (shield), Ton (tone)
| [[Polish 12th Infantry Division|12th Infantry Division]]
|-
| ROWSPAN=2 | Western area<br />Codename: Zamek (Castle)<br />[[Poznań]]<br />Col. [[Zygmunt Miłkowski]] ''Denhoff''
| Pomerania<br />[[Gdynia]]<br />Col. [[Janusz Pałubicki]] ''Piorun''
| Borówki (berries), Pomnik (monument)
|
|-
| Poznań<br />[[Poznań]]<br />Col. [[Henryk Kowalówka]]
| Pałac (palace), Parcela (lot)
|
|-
| ROWSPAN=11 | Independent areas
| Wilno<br />[[Wilno]]<br />Col. [[Aleksander Krzyżanowski]] ''Wilk''
| Miód (honey), Wiano (dowry) (subunit "Kaunas Lithuania")
|
|-
| Nowogródek<br />[[Nowogródek]]<br />Lt.Col. [[Janusz Szlaski]] ''Borsuk''
| Cyranka (garganey), Nów (new moon)
| [[Zgrupowanie Okręgu AK Nowogródek]]
|-
| [[District of Warsaw (of Armia Krajowa)|Warsaw]]<br />Warsaw<br />Col. [[Antoni Chruściel]] ''Monter''
| Drapacz (sky-scraper), Przystań (harbour),<br />Wydra (otter), Prom (shuttle)
|
|-
| [[Polesie]]<br />[[Pińsk]]<br />Col. [[Henryk Krajewski]] ''Leśny''
| Kwadra (quarter), Twierdza (keep), Żuraw (crane)
| [[Polish 30th Infantry Division|30th Infantry Division]]
|-
| [[Wołyń]]<br />[[Rivne|Równe]]<br />Col. [[Kazimierz Bąbiński]] ''Luboń''
| Hreczka (buckwheat), Konopie (hemp)
| [[Polish 27th Infantry Division|27th Infantry Division]]
|-
| Białystok<br />[[Białystok]]<br />Col. [[Władysław Liniarski]] ''Mścisław''
| Lin (tench), Czapla (aigrette), Pełnia (full moon)
| [[Polish 29th Infantry Division|29th Infantry Division]]
|-
| Lublin<br />[[Lublin]]<br />Col. [[Kazimierz Tumidajski]] ''Marcin''
| Len (linnen), Salon (saloon), Żyto (rye)
| [[Polish 3rd Legions' Infantry Division|3rd Legions' Infantry Division]]<br />[[Polish 9th Infantry Division|9th Infantry Division]]
|-
| Kraków<br />[[Kraków]]<br />various commanders, incl. Col. [[Julian Filipowicz]] ''Róg''
| Gobelin, Godło (coat of arms), Muzeum (museum)
| [[Polish 6th Infantry Division|6th Infantry Division]]<br />[[Polish 106th Infantry Division|106th Infantry Division]]<br />[[Polish 21st Infantry Division|21st Infantry Division]]<br />[[Polish 22nd Infantry Division|22nd Infantry Division]]<br />[[Polish 24th Infantry Division|24th Infantry Division]]<br />[[Kraków Motorized Cavalry Brigade]]
|-
| [[Silesia]]<br />[[Katowice]]<br />various commanders, incl. Col. [[Zygmunt Janke]] ''Zygmunt''
| Kilof (pick), Komin (chimney), Kuźnia (foundry), Serce (heart)
|
|-
| Kielce-Radom<br />[[Kielce]], [[Radom]]<br />Col. [[Jan Zientarski]] ''Mieczysław''
| Rolnik (farmer), [[Jodła]] (fir)
| [[Polish 2nd Legions' Infantry Division|2nd Legions' Infantry Division]]<br />[[Polish 7th Infantry Division|7th Infantry Division]]
|-
| Łódź<br />[[Łódź]]<br />Col. [[Michał Stempkowski]] ''Grzegorz''
| Arka (ark), Barka (barge), Łania (bath)
| [[Polish 25th Infantry Division|25th Infantry Division]]<br />[[Polish 26th Infantry Division|26th Infantry Division]]
|-
| ROWSPAN=2 | Foreign areas
| Hungary<br />[[Budapest]]<br />Lt.Col. [[Jan Korkozowicz]]
| [[Franz Liszt|Liszt]]
|
|-
| [[Reich]]<br />[[Berlin]]
| Blok (block)
|
|}

In 1943 the Home Army began recreating the organization of the prewar Polish Army, its various units now being designated as platoons, battalions, regiments, brigades, divisions, and [[operational group]]s.<ref name="Enc. WIEM: AK"/>