Polish Insurgencies

The Polish Insurgencies are a series of conflicts occurring across Poland following the end of the Warsaw Crisis and the Treaty of Budapest.

After the end of the Treaty of Budapest, NATO forces, mainly from the USA, France, UK and Germany remained to help train and reinforce Republican troops. The Polish Independence Army was formed in reaction to the Treaty of Budapest and many militias that did not dissolve in accordance with the Treaty banded together to resist NATO control. The primary aim of the PIA is to achieve greater autonomy over Poland and reject NATO membership and occupation.

The conflict has seen NATO and Republican troops fighting against a guerilla campaign conducted by the PIA. Particular hotspots have been the ruins of Krakow and Warsaw.

NATO has used search and destroy tactics as well as airstrikes to help disperse rebel forces. However, this has come with controversy as civilians are often injured or killed. Civilian infrastructure is also heavily damaged during NATO operations.

Treaty of Budapest
Leaders from across Poland, NATO and the IA signed the Treaty of Budapest, officially ending hostilities between the Second Republic, Commonwealth and also the Republic. The Republic surrendered their territory as did the Commonwealth to the Second Republic of Poland on the terms that both would have a party in the new Republic to be represented. The Commonwealth was given $3 million to help establish their new party. The city of Gdansk was also surrendered to the new Republic from the SWR.

In direct response to the signing of the Treaty of Budapest, the PIA was formed.

Guerilla Campaign
The PIA embarked on a guerilla campaign, striking key NATO positions and strongholds as well as attacking civilian targets, mainly in Warsaw. Urban areas such as Krakow and Warsaw has seen heavy fighting whilst fighting in the countryside has been more sporadic.

On the 13th of February 2020, a PIA bomb was detonated in a bus in Warsaw, killing 38 civilians. In response, NATO and Republican troops launched a heavy campaign of airstrikes and search and destroy missions. Twelve villages were razed as a result and hundreds displaced.

Controversy
The campaign has been embroiled in controversy surrounding allegations of war crimes.

NATO troops have allegedly been involved in mass executions, rapes and also torture of civilians.

PIA troops have also been accused of the same crimes.