List of Polish divisions in World War I

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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.

Key
Formed in Russia during World War I Green
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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