ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Home Army and V-1 and V-2

Okay kiddo, do you remember the time when you were playing with your toy soldiers and you were pretending to be a brave soldier fighting for your country? Well, there were some real soldiers in a place called Poland during a big war a long, long time ago. They were called the Home Army.

The Home Army was made up of brave Polish people who wanted to protect their country from people who wanted to take it over. But the bad guys had these big and scary weapons called V-1 and V-2 missiles. These missiles were like big rockets that could fly really high and far and make a big BOOM when they hit the ground.

So the Home Army had to work really hard to figure out how to stop these missiles from hurting their people. They had to find ways to sabotage the bad guys' plans and destroy the V-1 and V-2 missiles before they could be launched. They did things like sneaking into factories and stealing parts to make their own weapons to fight back.

It was a really hard and dangerous job, but the Home Army didn't give up because they loved their country and wanted to protect it. And in the end, they were able to help defeat the bad guys and bring peace back to their homeland.