When Poland regained independence in the fall of 1918, the most important task was to create from scratch armed forces of the fledgling republic.
Surrounded by hostile neighbors, Poland managed to recover from several conflicts, but the government in Warsaw was well aware that sooner or later there would be new wars.
Several historians claim that Marshall Józef Piłsudski and his obsolete notions hampered the development of the Polish Army.
Its purpose was to collect additional sources of money, necessary for supplying deficiencies in the military equipment of the Polish Army.
According to Polish music expert Boguslaw Kaczynski, in 1938 and 1939 Jan Kiepura, a famous singer, gave permission for his name to be used on collection boxes.
In 1945 the Polish government in exile in London decided that FON sources would be used to help members of the disbanded Armia Krajowa.