File:Poland 4099B - Wars are not always fought with bullets... (4200874096).jpg
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English: The Kotwica (Anchor) was a World War II emblem of the Polish Secret State and Home Army, or AK. It was created in 1942 by members of the AK Wawer "Small Sabotage" unit as an easily-usable emblem for the Polish struggle to regain independence. The initial meaning of the initials "PW" was "Pomścimy Wawer" ("We avenge Wawer"). The Wawer massacre was considered to be one of the first large scale massacres of Polish civilians by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland. At first, Polish scouts from sabotage groups painted the whole phrase upon walls. However, this was soon shortened to two letters, P and W, due to time constraints.
The Kotwica was first painted on walls in Warsaw, as a psychological warfare tactic against the occupying Germans, by Polish boy scouts on March 20, 1942. On February 18, 1943, the Armia Krajowa's commander, General Stefan Rowecki, issued an order specifying that all sabotage, partisan and terrorist actions be signed with the Kotwica. After World War II, Poland's communist authorities banned the Kotwica. |
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| Author | Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada |
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