page_title: Polish Military Organisation
hierarchical_section_title: Polish Military Organisation
caption_attribution_description: English: Józef Piłsudski with Supreme Command of Polish Military Organisation in 1917 Polski: Komenda Naczelna POW podczas ćwiczeń w roku 1917
context_page_description: The Polish Military Organisation, PMO was a secret military organization which formed during World War I. Józef Piłsudski founded the group in August 1914; it adopted the name POW in November 1914. It aimed to gather intelligence and to sabotage the enemies of the Polish people. Piłsudski used the POW to act independently from his cautious Austro-Hungarian supporters, and it became an important, if somewhat lesser known, counterpart to the Polish Legions. Its targets included the Russian Empire in the early phase of the war, and the German Empire later. Its membership rose from a few hundred in 1914 to over 30,000 in 1918.
context_section_description: The Polish Military Organisation, PMO (Polish: 'Polska Organizacja Wojskowa', POW) was a secret military organization which formed during World War I (1914-1918). Józef Piłsudski founded the group in August 1914; it adopted the name POW in November 1914. It aimed to gather intelligence and to sabotage the enemies of the Polish people. Piłsudski used the POW to act independently from his cautious Austro-Hungarian supporters, and it became an important, if somewhat lesser known, counterpart to the  Polish Legions. Its targets included the Russian Empire in the early phase of the war, and the German Empire later. Its membership rose from a few hundred in 1914 to over 30,000 in 1918.
caption: Józef Piłsudski with the Supreme Command of Polish Military Organisation in 1917
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