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| Secret Military Organization "Pomeranian Griffin" | |
|---|---|
| Tajna Organizacja Wojskowa „Gryf Pomorski” | |
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| Active | 7 July 1941 - 21 March 1945 |
| Country | German-occupied Poland |
| Allegiance | Polish Underground State |
| Type | Paramilitary |
| Role | Linked to the National Democracy |
| Size | c. 6000-8000 (1944) |
| Engagements | East Pomeranian offensive (1945) |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Józef Wrycza Józef Dambek Augustyn Westphal |
The Pomeranian Griffin secret military organization (Polish: Tajna Organizacja Wojskowa Gryf Pomorski) was a Polish anti-Nazi resistance group active in Pomerania and East Prussia during World War II. A major Polish resistance organization in the Pomerania region, at its height in 1943 it might have had as many as 20,000 members, although only about 500 were active partisans in the forests (leśni).[1][2]
The name of the organization referred to the traditional coat of arms of Pomerania, which consists of either the black (for Gdansk Pomerania) or the red (for Western Pomerania) griffin.
- ^ (in Polish) Piotr Szubarczyk, Z historii TOW “Gryf Pomorski”, Bibuła: Pismo Niezależne, 2010-03-15
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