Operation Belt
Operation Belt (Polish: Akcja Taśma) was a large action by the Armia Krajowa Kedyw during World War II. It aimed to destroy German border guard stations on the frontier between the General Government and territories annexed by Nazi Germany.
In August 1943, the AK headquarters ordered Kedyw to plan an armed attack against these border stations. By February 1944, 13 German outposts had been destroyed with few Polish losses.
One of the Poles who died was Boy Scout Tadeusz Zawadzki, a key figure in the Polish underground. He was killed on 20 August 1943 during an attack on a German border station at Sieczychy near Wyszków.
Operation Belt itself occurred on the night of 20–21 August, when seven German stations were destroyed.
On 30 August, General Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski ordered preparations for another armed action, Operation Chain (Akcja Lancuch), which was a continuation of Belt. During Chain, in late November 1943, Home Army units carried out several similar attacks on German border stations in the southern part of occupied Poland.
In autumn 1943, the Home Army in the Kraków District attacked several border outposts along the border with Slovakia, including Barwinek, Piwniczna, and areas around Nowy Targ and Wadowice.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 13:03 (CET).