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Polish 3rd Infantry Division (France)
Polish 3rd Infantry Division can refer to several formations of that name: *Polish 3rd Legions Infantry Division (interwar period) * Polish 3rd Infantry Division (France), 1940 * Polish 3rd Infantry Division (Armia Krajowa), 1944 *Polish 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division The 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division ( pl, 3 Dywizja Strzelców Karpackich, sometimes translated as ''3rd Carpathian Infantry Division''), also commonly known as ''Christmas Tree Division'' due to the characteristic emblem of a cedar of Lebanon supe ... (Polish Armed Forces in the West) * Polish 3rd Infantry Division (Traugutt) (Polish Armed Forces in the East and later communist Polish People's Army) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish 3rd Legions Infantry Division
Polish 3rd Legions Infantry Division (''3. Dywizja Piechoty Legionów'') was a tactical unit of the Polish Army between the World Wars. Formed in 1919, as a third unit composed significantly of veterans of the Polish Legions in World War I (after Polish 1st Legions Infantry Division and Polish 2nd Legions Infantry Division), it saw extensive action during the Polish-Bolshevik War and the Invasion of Poland. In the interbellum period, the headquarters of the division was stationed in Zamość, while its regiments were garrisoned in Chelm, Lublin, Zamosc and other locations. The division was officially formed on April 9, 1919, in former Austrian Galicia, during the ongoing Polish-Ukrainian War. At the beginning it consisted of three regiments (7th Legions Infantry, 8th Legions Infantry and 3rd Legions Light Artillery), but was later reinforced with 9th Infantry Regiment. The Division in September 1939 In accordance with Polish mobilization plan (see Plan West), the division, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish 3rd Infantry Division (France)
Polish 3rd Infantry Division can refer to several formations of that name: *Polish 3rd Legions Infantry Division (interwar period) * Polish 3rd Infantry Division (France), 1940 * Polish 3rd Infantry Division (Armia Krajowa), 1944 *Polish 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division The 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division ( pl, 3 Dywizja Strzelców Karpackich, sometimes translated as ''3rd Carpathian Infantry Division''), also commonly known as ''Christmas Tree Division'' due to the characteristic emblem of a cedar of Lebanon supe ... (Polish Armed Forces in the West) * Polish 3rd Infantry Division (Traugutt) (Polish Armed Forces in the East and later communist Polish People's Army) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish 3rd Infantry Division (Armia Krajowa)
Polish 3rd Infantry Division can refer to several formations of that name: *Polish 3rd Legions Infantry Division (interwar period) *Polish 3rd Infantry Division (France), 1940 * Polish 3rd Infantry Division (Armia Krajowa), 1944 *Polish 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division The 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division ( pl, 3 Dywizja Strzelców Karpackich, sometimes translated as ''3rd Carpathian Infantry Division''), also commonly known as ''Christmas Tree Division'' due to the characteristic emblem of a cedar of Lebanon supe ... (Polish Armed Forces in the West) * Polish 3rd Infantry Division (Traugutt) (Polish Armed Forces in the East and later communist Polish People's Army) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division
The 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division ( pl, 3 Dywizja Strzelców Karpackich, sometimes translated as ''3rd Carpathian Infantry Division''), also commonly known as ''Christmas Tree Division'' due to the characteristic emblem of a cedar of Lebanon superimposed upon the Polish flag, was an infantry Division (military), division of the Polish Armed Forces in the West that fought during World War II on the Italian Campaign (World War II), Italian Front. It was formed in 1942 of the Polish Independent Carpathian Brigade and the forces of Lieutenant general, Lieutenant-General Władysław Anders' II Corps (Poland), Polish 2nd Corps evacuated from the Soviet Union. The division participated in the North African Campaign, North African and the Italian Campaigns (1941–1945) as part of the Eighth Army (United Kingdom), British Eighth Army. The division fought in some of the most difficult battles during the Italian campaigns of 1943-1944 and distinguished itself in numerous actions most notab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
