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Polish Secret State (also known as '''Polish Underground State'''; Polish ''Polskie Państwo Podziemne'') is a term coined by Scholar Jan Karski in his book ''Story of a Secret State''; it is used to refer to all underground resistance organizations in Poland during World War II , both military and civilian. The term is used in Polish historiography to denote both armed struggle against the occupying powers and all the examples of underground political, social and educational activities. The military part, consisting mostly of various branches of the Home Army , was to prepare the Polish society for a future fight for the liberation of the country. Apart from armed resistance, sabotage, training and propaganda, the military arm of the Polish secret state was entitled with maintaining communications with the London -based Government , as well as with protection of the civilian arm of the state. The main role of the latter was in maintaining the continuity of the Polish state as a whole, including its Institution s such as police force, courts or education. It was to prepare cadres and institutions for recovering the power after the German defeat in World War II. The rationale behind the creation of the secret civilian authorities stemmed from the fact that the Nazi and Soviet occupation of Poland was illegal. Because of that, all of the institutions created by the occupying powers were regarded as illegal and were to be doubled by Polish underground institutions, following Polish law. REFERENCE SEE ALSO
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