This is a list of Polish divisions in World War II.
Polish divisions in September 1939 Campaign
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1st Legions Infantry Division of
Józef Piłsudski
Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (Poland), Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland (from 1920). In the aftermath of World War I, he beca ...
(stationed in
Wilno) - Brig. Gen.
Wincenty Kowalski
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2nd Legions Infantry Division (stationed in
Kielce
Kielce (; ) is a city in south-central Poland and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the banks of the Silnic ...
) - Col.
Edward Dojan-Surówka, after September 8, 1939 col.
Antoni Staich
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3rd Legions Infantry Division (stationed in
Zamość
Zamość (; ; ) is a historical city in southeastern Poland. It is situated in the southern part of Lublin Voivodeship, about from Lublin, from Warsaw. In 2021, the population of Zamość was 62,021.
Zamość was founded in 1580 by Jan Zamoyski ...
) - Col.
Marian Turowski
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4th Toruń Infantry Division (stationed in
Toruń
Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a World Heritage Sites of Poland, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Toruń Voivodeship (1975–199 ...
) - Col.
Tadeusz Lubicz-Niezabitowski, after September 4, 1939 Col.
Mieczysław Rawicz-Mysłowski, after September 12 Col.
Józef Werobej
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5th Lwów Infantry Division (stationed in
Lwów
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) - Gen.
Juliusz Zulauf
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6th Kraków Infantry Division (stationed in
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
) - Gen.
Bernard Mond
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7th Częstochowa Infantry Division (stationed in
Częstochowa
Częstochowa ( , ) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship. However, Częstochowa is historically part of Lesser Poland, not Si ...
) - Brig. Gen.
Janusz Gąsiorowski
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8th Infantry Division (stationed in
Modlin) - Col.
Tadeusz Wyrwa-Furgalski
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9th Siedlce Infantry Division (stationed in
Siedlce
Siedlce () ( ) is a city in the Masovian Voivodeship in eastern Poland with 77,354 inhabitants ().
The city is situated between two small rivers, the Muchawka and the Helenka, and lies along the European route E30, around east of Warsaw. It is ...
) - Col.
Józef Werobej
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10th Łódź Infantry Division (stationed in
Łódź
Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...
) -Gen.
Franciszek Dindorf-Ankowicz
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11th Carpathian Infantry Division (stationed in
Stanisławów) - Col.
Bronisław Prugar-Ketling
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12th Tarnopol Infantry Division (stationed in
Tarnopol
Ternopil, known until 1944 mostly as Tarnopol, is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret (river), Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical regions of Galicia (Central Europe ...
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Gustaw Paszkiewicz
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13th Kresy Infantry Division (stationed in
Równe) - Col.
Władysław Zubosz-Kaliński
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14th Greater Poland Infantry Division (stationed in
Poznań
Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...
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Franciszek Wład
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15th Greater Poland Infantry Division (stationed in
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its bank (geography), left-bank tributary, the Brda (river), Brda, the strategic location of Byd ...
) - Gen.
Wacław Przyjałkowski
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16th Pomeranian Infantry Division (stationed in
Grudziądz
Grudziądz (, ) is a city in northern Poland, with 92,552 inhabitants (2021). Located on the Vistula River, it lies within the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and is the fourth-largest city in its province.
Grudziądz is one of the oldest citie ...
) - Col.
Stanisław Świtalski, after September 2, 1939 Col.
Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko
Zygmunt Piotr Bohusz-Szyszko (1893 in Chełm – 1982 in London) was a Polish general. During World War I he served in the Imperial Russian army.
In 1940, he was Commanding Officer Polish Independent Highland Brigade (''Samodzielna Brygada Str ...
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17th Greater Poland Infantry Division (stationed in
Gniezno
Gniezno (; ; ) is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The city is the administrative seat of Gniezno County (''powiat'') ...
) - Col.
Mieczysław Stanisław Mozdyniewicz
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18th Łomża Infantry Division (stationed in
Łomża
Łomża () is a city in north-eastern Poland, approximately to the north-east of Warsaw and west of Białystok. It is situated alongside the Narew river as part of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the capital of Łomża County and has been the se ...
) - Col.
Stefan Kossecki
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19th Infantry Division (stationed in
Wilno) - Gen.
Józef Kwaciszewski
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20th Infantry Division (stationed in
Baranowicze
Baranavichy or Baranovichi is a city in the Brest Region of western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Baranavichy District, though it is administratively separated from the district. As of 2025, it has a population of 170,817.
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Wilhelm Liszka-Lawicz
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21st Mountain Infantry Division (Poland)
The 21st Mountain Infantry Division (, 21 DPG) Apoloniusz Zawilski: Bitwy polskiego września. Kraków: Znak Horyzont, 2019. ISBN 978-83-240-5692-7. P794 was a pre-war unit of the Polish Army. It was one of two mountain infantry divisions of Pola ...
(stationed in
Bielsko-Biała
Bielsko-Biała (; ; , ; ) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 166,765 as of December 2022, making it the List of cities and towns in Poland#Largest cities and towns by population, 22nd largest city in Poland, and an a ...
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Józef Kustroń
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22nd Mountain Infantry Division (Poland) (stationed in
Przemyśl
Przemyśl () is a city in southeastern Poland with 56,466 inhabitants, as of December 2023. Data for territorial unit 1862000. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It was previously the capital of Prz ...
) - Col.
Leopold Engel-Ragis
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23rd Upper Silesian Infantry Division (stationed in
Katowice
Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K ...
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Władysław Powierza
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24th Jarosław Infantry Division (stationed in
Jarosław
Jarosław (; , ; ; ) is a town in southeastern Poland, situated on the San (river), San River. The town had 35,475 inhabitants in 2023. It is the capital of Jarosław County in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship.
History
Jarosław is located in the ...
) - Col.
Aleksander Krzyżanowski, after September 8, 1939 Col.
Bolesław Schwarzenberg-Czerny
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25th Kalisz Infantry Division (stationed in
Kalisz) - Gen.
Franciszek Alter
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26th Skierniewice Infantry Division (stationed in
Skierniewice) - Col.
Adam Brzechwa-Ajdukiewicz
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27th Kowel Infantry Division (stationed in
Kowel
Kovel (, ; ; ) is a city in Volyn Oblast, northwestern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Kovel Raion within the oblast. Population:
Kovel gives its name to one of the oldest runic inscriptions which were lost during World War II ...
) - Gen.
Juliusz Drapella
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28th Warsaw Infantry Division (stationed in
Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
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Władysław Bończa-Uzdowski
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29th Grodno Infantry Division (stationed in
Grodno
Grodno, or Hrodna, is a city in western Belarus. It is one of the oldest cities in Belarus. The city is located on the Neman, Neman River, from Minsk, about from the Belarus–Poland border, border with Poland, and from the Belarus–Lithua ...
) - Col.
Ignacy Oziewicz
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30th Polesie Infantry Division (stationed in
Kobryń
Kobryn or Kobrin is a town in Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Kobryn District. It is located in the southwestern corner of Belarus, where the Mukhavets river and Dnieper–Bug Canal meet. The town lies about east ...
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Leopold Cehak
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33rd Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in
Grodno
Grodno, or Hrodna, is a city in western Belarus. It is one of the oldest cities in Belarus. The city is located on the Neman, Neman River, from Minsk, about from the Belarus–Poland border, border with Poland, and from the Belarus–Lithua ...
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Tadeusz Kalina-Zieleniewski
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35th Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in
Wilno) - Col.
Jarosław Szafran
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36th Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in
Czortków) - Col.
Michał Ostrowski
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38th Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in
Łuniniec) - Col.
Alojzy Wir-Konas
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39th Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in
Rembertów
Rembertów () is a dzielnica, district of the city of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Between 1939 and 1957 Rembertów was a separate town, after which it was incorporated as part of the borough of Praga-Południe. Between 1994 and 2002 it formed ...
) - Gen.
Bruno Olbrycht
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41st Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in
Ostrów Mazowiecka) - Gen.
Wacław Piekarski
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44th Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in
Łowicz
Łowicz is a town in central Poland with 27,436 inhabitants (2021). It is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship. Together with a nearby station of Bednary, Łowicz is a major rail junction of central Poland, where the line from Warsaw splits into ...
) - Col.
Eugeniusz Żongołłowicz
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45th Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in
Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
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Henryk Krok-Paszkowski
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50th Infantry Division „Brzoza” - Col.
Ottokar Brzoza-Brzezina
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55th Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in
Będzin
Będzin (; also seen spelled ''Bendzin''; ) is a city in the Dąbrowa Basin, in southern Poland. It lies in the Silesian Highlands, on the Czarna Przemsza River (a tributary of the Vistula River, Vistula). Even though part of Silesian Voivodeship ...
) - Col.
Stanisław Kalabiński
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60th Infantry Division 'Kobryń' - Col.
Adam Epler
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Polish Cavalry Division 'Zaza' - Brig. Gen.
Zygmunt Podhorski
Polish divisions in France 1939–40
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1st Grenadier Division - Gen.
Bronisław Duch
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2nd Rifle Division - Gen.
Bronisław Prugar-Ketling
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3rd Infantry Division - Gen.
Rudolf Dreszer
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4th Infantry Division (Poland) - Col.
Tadeusz Kalina-Zieleniewski
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Polish Independent Highland Brigade - Gen.
Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko
Zygmunt Piotr Bohusz-Szyszko (1893 in Chełm – 1982 in London) was a Polish general. During World War I he served in the Imperial Russian army.
In 1940, he was Commanding Officer Polish Independent Highland Brigade (''Samodzielna Brygada Str ...
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10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade (''10éme Brigade de cavalerie motorisée'') - Gen.
Stanisław Maczek
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Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade - Gen.
Stanisław Kopański
Polish divisions & brigades on the Western and Italian Fronts
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I Corps
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1st Armoured Division
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1st Independent Parachute Brigade
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II Corps
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3rd Carpathian Rifle Division
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5th Kresowa Infantry Division
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2nd Armoured Brigade
Polish divisions on the Eastern Fronts
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First Polish Army
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1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division
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2nd Infantry Division
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3rd Infantry Division
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4th Infantry Division
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6th Infantry Division
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1st Armoured Brigade "Westerplatte Heroes"
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1st Warsaw Cavalry Brigade
** in addition:
*** Army artillery: 5 Artillery Brigades (1-5), 1st AA-Artillery Division, 1st mortar regiment
*** 1st Engineering Brigade
*** 4th independent
heavy tank
A heavy tank is a tank classification produced from World War I to the end of the Cold War. These tanks generally sacrificed mobility and maneuverability for better armour protection and equal or greater firepower than tanks of lighter classes.
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regiment
*** 13th SP-artillery regiment (
SU-85 and
ISU-152)
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Second Army (Poland)
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5th Infantry Division
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7th Infantry Division
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8th Infantry Division
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9th Infantry Division
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10th Infantry Division
** 16th Armoured Brigade,
** 2nd Artillery Division, 3rd AA-artillery Division, 3rd indep. mortar regiment
** 3 AT-artillery brigades (nos.9,11,14)
** 2nd Sapper Brigade
** 4th independent heavy tank regiment
** 28th SP-artillery regiment (21 x
SU-85)
*1st Armoured Corps: 3 armoured brigades, 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade - details below. Subordinated to the 2nd Army.
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1st Motorized Infantry Brigade (Polish)(East)
** 2nd Armoured Brigade (2. Brygada Pancerna) - (65 x T-34/85)
** 3rd Armoured Brigade
** 4th Armoured Brigade
** 24th SP-artillery regiment (21 x SU-85)
** 25th SP-artillery regiment (21 x
ISU-122)
** 27th SP-artillery regiment (21 x SU-76M)
** 2nd mortar regiment
** 26th AA-artillery regiment
** Rocket artillery battalion
Polish divisions of the underground armies
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Home Army
The Home Army (, ; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) established in the ...
- brigade or division-sized units only
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2nd Home Army Infantry Division (Poland) (
Kielce
Kielce (; ) is a city in south-central Poland and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the banks of the Silnic ...
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Radom
Radom is a city in east-central Poland, located approximately south of the capital, Warsaw. It is situated on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship. Radom is the fifteenth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in its province w ...
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Polish 8th Home Army Infantry Division (
Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising (; ), sometimes referred to as the August Uprising (), or the Battle of Warsaw, was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from ...
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19th Home Army Infantry Division (Poland) (
Wilno)
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27th Home Army Infantry Division (Poland)
27th Volhynian Infantry Division () was a World War II Polish Home Army formed in the Volhynia region in 1944. It was created on January 15, 1944, from smaller partisan self-defence units during the Volhynia massacre and was patterned after th ...
(
Wołyń)
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Cracovian Home Army Infantry Division
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Cracovian Home Army Cavalry Brigade
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National Armed Forces
See also
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Military history of Poland during World War II
In World War II, the Polish armed forces were the fourth largest Allies of World War II, Allied forces in Europe, after those of the Soviet Union, United States and United Kingdom, Britain. Poles made substantial contributions to the Allied effor ...
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History of Poland (1939–1945)
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