Home Army (disambiguation)

The term usually refers to the Polish Home Army, or Armia Krajowa. Other meanings include:

A term most likely to be found in references to World War II relating to the overall force located within the boundaries of a country comprising essentially the nationals of that country.

In respect of the Allied countries not invaded, such as Great Britain, Australia, Canada and the United States, the term might be used relating to the forces within the respective country concerned with that countries defence and security, or to differentiate between forces within that country and forces it had deployed outside its borders.

More prevalent is the use of the term in reference to the overall force mustered and co-ordinated in occupied countries to provide resistance, intelligence and force by arms or sabotage against the occupier. Resistance, to varying degrees, existed in all occupied countries and some bodies, such as of Norway, Hungary, Poland and the Netherlands, either employed the term or were generally known by it.