Operation Tempest (Polish: Akcja Burza, Plan Burza; sometimes referred in English as Operation Storm) was a series of uprisings conducted during World War II by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa – the Home Army, abbreviated "AK"), the dominant force in the Polish resistance.
Operation Tempest was aimed at seizing control of cities and areas occupied by the Germans while they were preparing their defenses against the Soviet Red Army. Polish underground civil authorities wanted to take power before the arrival of the Soviets.
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