 The Home Army originated in the Service for Poland's Victory ("Służba Zwycięstwu Polski"), which General Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski set up on 27 September 1939, just as the coordinated German and Soviet invasions of Poland neared completion.Seven weeks later, on 17 November 1939, on the orders of General Władysław Sikorski, the Service for Poland's Victory was superseded by the Armed Resistance ("Związek Walki Zbrojnej"), which in turn, a little over two years later, on 14 February 1942, became the "Home Army".All the while, however, many other resistance organizations remained active in Poland.