Polish–Soviet War Polish order of battle

During the Polish–Soviet War fought from February 1919 to March 1921 between Soviet Russia and the Second Polish Republic – after the conclusion of World War I in Europe – the Polish order of battle included broad disposition of personnel, strength, organization, and command structure.^[1][2]

Formations[]

The following units and named commanders fought in the Polish–Soviet War on the Polish side.

Polish volunteer so-called 'Death Squadron' (named unofficially) in Lviv, 1920.^[2]

Scythemen (Kosynierzy), 1920

Battle of Niemen

Command of Polish Regiment during Polish–Soviet war

• Polish Military Organisation
• Polnische Wehrmacht
• Polish I Corps in Russia
• 1st Cavalry Division (Poland) Commander Juliusz Rómmel
• 1st Lithuanian–Belarusian Division (Polish: 1. Dywizja Litewsko-Białoruska, Belarusian: 1-ая Літоўска-Беларуская дывізія) Parts formed in 1920 the 2nd Lithuanian–Belarusian Division and in 1923 the 19th Infantry Division (Poland)
• 2nd Lithuanian–Belarusian Division ( Polish: 2. Dywizja Litewsko-Białoruska) formed in part from 1st Lithuanian–Belarusian Division and formed in 1920 20th Infantry Division (Poland)
• 1st Legions Infantry Division (Poland) formerly I Brigade of the Polish Legions
• Polish 2nd Legions Infantry Division (Polish: 2. Dywizja Piechoty Legionów)
• Polish 3rd Legions Infantry Division (Polish: 3. Dywizja Piechoty Legionów)
• 4th Infantry Division (Poland) (Polish: 4. Dywizja Piechoty) {Later renamed 26th Infantry Division (Polish: 26 Dywizja Piechoty)}
• 5th Rifle Division (Poland) Polish 5th Siberian Rifle Division (Polish: 5. Dywizja Strzelców Polskich; also known as the Siberian Division or Siberian Brigade)
  • 1st Siberian Infantry Regiment under Franciszek Dindorf-Ankowicz; later renamed 82nd Siberian Infantry Regiment (Polish: 82. Syberyjski pułk piechoty).
  • 2nd Siberian Infantry Regiment under Józef Werobej.
• 6th Infantry Division (Poland) (Polish: 6. Dywizja Piechoty) Colonel Ignacy Pick.
• 7th Infantry Division (Poland) (Polish: 7. Dywizja Piechoty, 7 DP) Col. Szubert
  • 13th Bde under Herman,
  • 14th Bde under Pogórzelski
  • 7th Artillery Bde under Luberadzki
• 8th Infantry Division (Poland)
• 9th Infantry Division (Poland) (interwar)
  • 17th Infantry Brigade
    • 15th Infantry Regiment
    • 22nd Infantry Regiment
  • 18th Infantry Brigade
    • 34th Infantry Regiment
    • 35th Infantry Regiment
  • 9th Artillery Brigade
    • 9th Artillery Regiment
• 10th Infantry Division (Poland) (Polish: 10. Dywizja Piechoty) formerly 4th Rifle Division (Poland) and the 2nd Brigade of the Polish Legions in World War I.
• 11th Infantry Division (Poland) (Polish: 11. Karpacka Dywizja Piechoty)
• 12th Infantry Division (Poland) (Polish: 12. Dywizja Piechoty)
• 13th Infantry Division (Poland) (Polish: 13 Kresowa Dywizja Piechoty) formerly 1st Division of Polish Rifles (1 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich)
• 14th Infantry Division (Poland) aka 14 Greater Poland Infantry Division (Polish: 14 Wielkopolska Dywizja Piechoty) General Filip Dubiski.
• 15th Infantry Division (Poland) aka 15th "Greater Poland" Infantry Division (Polish: 15 Wielkopolska Dywizja Piechoty)
• 16th Infantry Division (Poland) aka 16. Pomorska Dywizja Piechoty formed August 16, 1919. Formerly Pomeranian Rifle Division (Polish: 4. Dywizja Strzelców Pomorskich)
  • 31st Infantry Brigade (under Col. Mischke)
  • 32nd Infantry Brigade (65th Infantry Regiment without 1,5 battalion; under Krauss)
  • 16th Artillery Brigade (understrength)
• 17th Infantry Division (Poland) formed as 3rd Division of Greater Poland Rifles
• 18th Infantry Division (Poland)(18. Dywizja Piechoty) formed from Haller's Blue Army
• (Note: 19th Infantry Division (Poland) not formed until 1923-formed from 1st Lithuanian–Belarusian Division (1918–1923)
• 20th Infantry Division (Poland)(Polish: 20. Dywizja Piechoty) Colonel Wilhelm Andrzej Lawicz-Liszka {formerly 2nd Lithuanian–Belarusian Division}
• 21st Mountain Infantry Division (Poland)(Polish: 21 Dywizja Piechoty Górskiej, 21 DPG)
• 22nd Mountain Infantry Division (Poland)(Polish: 22 Dywizja Piechoty Górskiej, 22 DPG)
• 23rd Infantry Division (Poland) (Polish: 23. Dywizja Piechoty)
• 24th Infantry Division (Poland) (Polish: 24. Dywizja Piechoty)
• 25th Infantry Division (Poland) (Polish: 25. Dywizja Piechoty)
• 26th Infantry Division (Poland) (Polish: 26. Dywizja Piechoty)
• 27th Infantry Division (Poland) (Polish: 27. Dywizja Piechoty)
• 28th Infantry Division (Poland) (Polish: 28. Dywizja Piechoty)
• 29th Infantry Division (Poland) (Polish: 29. Grodzienska Dywizja Piechoty)
• 30th Infantry Division (Poland) (Polish: 30. Poleska Dywizja Piechoty)
• Individual Units/Regiments:
  • Polish Air Force
  • Polish Navy
  • Lwów Eaglets
  • Ochotnicza Legia Kobiet
  • (formed mostly of the former 90th Regiment of the Austro-Hungarian Army. 5th Company commanded by Antoni Chruściel)
  • 36th Infantry Regiment (Poland) aka Infantry Regiment of the Academic Legion
  • 49th Hutsul Rifle Regiment formerly 15th Infantry Rifle Regiment of General Haller's Blue Army. In September 1919 it was renamed to 40th Kresy Infantry Rifle Regiment and changed March 1920 to 49th Hutsul Rifle Regiment
  • Free Cossack Brigade formerly the Red Army led by yesaul Vadim Yakovlev

Organisation in Fronts and Armies[]

At the time of the Battle of Warsaw (1920), the Polish Army was organised in 3 Fronts and 7 Armies, for a total of 32 divisions:

Fronts:

• Northern Front (Józef Haller de Hallenburg) :
  • 5th Army (Władysław Sikorski)
  • 1st Army (Franciszek Latinik)
  • 2nd Army (Bolesław Roja)
• Central Front (Edward Rydz-Śmigły) :
  • 4th Army (Leonard Skierski)
  • 3rd Army (Zygmunt Zieliński)
• Southern Front (Wacław Iwaszkiewicz) :
  • 6th Army (Wladyslaw Jedrzejewski)
  • Ukrainian Army (Symon Petliura)

Notes[]