Directorate of Civil Resistance (Polish Kierownictwo Walki Cywilnej, short KWC) was one of the branches of the Polish Government Delegate’s Office during World War II.
Its main tasks were to maintain the morale of the Polish society, encourage passive resistance, report German atrocities and cruelties to the Polish Government in Exile, and to organize sabotage.
In 1943 it was joined with Directorate of Covert Resistance and formed the Directorate of UndergroundResistance.
Directorate of UndergroundResistance (Polish Kierownictwo Walki Podziemnej, short KWP) was one of the agendas of the Polish Secret State created during the World War II.
It was created in 1943 from the Directorate of Civil Resistance and Directorate of Covert Resistance.
KWP was commanded collectively by the commander of the Armia Krajowa, its chief of staff, commander of the KeDyw, chief of Bureau of Information and Propaganda and a representative of the Government Delegate’s Office at Home.