 In 1906, Piłsudski, with the connivance and support of the Austrian authorities, founded a military school in Kraków for the training of "Bojówki".In 1908, Piłsudski transformed the "Combat Teams" to ""Związek Walki Czynnej"" (Association for Active Struggle), headed by three of his associates, Władysław Sikorski, Marian Kukiel, and Kazimierz Sosnkowski.ZWC was not the last paramilitary organization created by Piłsudski, who would go on to create the Związek Strzelecki (Riflemen's Association) and the Polish Military Organization before his final goal, Polish independence, was achieved in 1918.