List of Polish divisions in World War I
The following is a list of Polish brigade and division-sized military units during World War I and the subsequent Russian Civil War. See also list of military divisions. Official names are given in parentheses.
Formed in Russia during World War I | Green |
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Formed in France during World War I (the Blue Army of Gen. Haller) | Blue |
Formed in Russia during Russian Civil War | Red |
Formed in Austria-Hungary during World War I | Yellow |
Formed in Germany during World War I | Grey |
(1 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich / 1re Division Polonaise) Later 13th Infantry Division (Poland) | |
Polish 2nd Rifle Division (2 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich / 2éme Division Polonaise) | |
(3 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich / 3éme Division Polonaise) | |
Polish 4th Polish Rifle Division (4. Dywizja Strzelców Polskich)Later part of Haller's Blue army as 4th Division-renamed 10th Infantry Division (Poland) Col. Franciszek Zieliński | |
Polish 5th Polish Rifle Division (5. Dywizja Strzelców Polskich)Later part of Haller's Blue army as 5th Division-renamed Polish 30th Infantry Division generals , , | |
(6 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich / 3éme Division Polonaise) | |
(7 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich / 7éme Division Polonaise) | |
(Dywizja Instrukcyjna) | |
Polish Legion in Finland only existed from 1917 to 1918 | |
Polish I Corps in Russia (I Korpus Polski w Rosji) Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki | |
Polish II Corps in Russia Polish 4th Rifle Division (4 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich) Later formed 10th Infantry Division(10. Dywizja Piechoty) general Lucjan Żeligowski | |
Polish II Corps in Russia Polish 5th Rifle Division (5 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich) Later formed into 2 regiments of Polish army of which one was colonel Walerian Czuma | |
Formed in the Ukraine | |
(Brygada Lekka) Juliusz Rómmel | |
1st Lithuanian–Belarusian Division (1. Dywizja Litewsko-Białoruska, Belarusian: 1-ая Літоўска-Беларуская дывізія) Later 19th Infantry Division (Poland) | |
2nd Lithuanian–Belarusian Division (2. Dywizja Litewsko-Białoruska, Belarusian: 2-ая Літоўска-Беларуская дывізія) Later 20th Infantry Division (Poland) | |
1st Brigade, Polish Legions (1 Brygada Legionów Polskich) Józef Piłsudski | |
2nd Brigade, Polish Legions (2 Brygada Legionów Polskich) Józef Haller de Hallenburg | |
3rd Brigade, Polish Legions (3 Brygada Legionów Polskich) Bolesław Roja | |
(4 Dywizji Piechoty) Later 26th Infantry Division (Poland) | |
Polish Auxiliary Corps (Polski Korpus Posiłkowy) general Zygmunt Zieliński | |
Polnische Wehrmacht (Polska Siła Zbrojna) |
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