List of Polish divisions in WWII
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This is a list of Polish divisions in WWII.
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Polish Armies and Army Corps
- Armia Pomorze
- Armia Poznan
- Armia Lodz
- Armia Lublin
- Armia Krakow
- Armia Karpaty
- Armia Modlin
- Armia Warszawa
Polish divisions in September 1939 Campaign
- Polish Legions 1st Infantry Division of Józef Piłsudski - brig.gen. Wincenty Kowalski
- Polish Legions 2nd Infantry Division - col. Edward Dojan-Surówka, after september 8 1939 col. Antoni Staich
- Polish Legions 3rd Infantry Division - col. Marian Turowski
- Polish 4th Infantry Division - col. Tadeusz Lubicz-Niezabitowski, after september 4 1939 col. Mieczysław Rawicz-Mysłowski, after september 12 col. Józef Werobej
- Polish 5th Infantry Division - gen. Juliusz Zulauf
- Polish 6th Infantry Division - gen. Bernard Mond
- Polish 7th Infantry Division - brig.gen. Janusz Gąsiorowski
- Polish 8th Infantry Division - col. Tadeusz Wyrwa-Furgalski
- Polish 9th Infantry Division - col. Józef Werobej
- Polish 10th Infantry Division - gen. Franciszek Dindorf-Ankowicz
- Polish 11th Carpathian Infantry Division - col. Bronisław Prugar-Ketling
- Polish 12th Infantry Division - gen. Gustaw Paszkiewicz
- Polish 13th Infantry Division - col. Władysław Zubosz-Kaliński
- Polish 14th Infantry Division - gen. Franciszek Wład
- Polish 15th Infantry Division - gen. Wacław Przyjałkowski
- Polish 16th Pomeranian Infantry Division - col. Stanisław Świtalski, since 2 Sept 1939 col. Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko
- Polish 17th Infantry Division - col. Mieczysław Stanisław Mozdyniewicz
- Polish 18th Infantry Division - col. Stefan Kossecki
- Polish 19th Infantry Division - gen. Józef Kwaciszewski
- Polish 20th Infantry Division - col. Wilhelm Liszka-Lawicz
- Polish 21st Mountain Infantry Division - gen. Józef Kustroń
- Polish 22nd Mountain Infantry Division - col. Leopold Engel-Ragis
- Polish 23rd Infantry Division - col. Władysław Powierza
- Polish 24th Infantry Division - col. Aleksander Krzyżanowski, since September 8 1939 col. Bolesław Schwarzenberg-Czerny
- Polish 25th Infantry Division - gen. Franciszek Alter
- Polish 26th Infantry Division - col. Adam Brzechwa-Ajdukiewicz
- Polish 27th Infantry Division - gen. Juliusz Drapella
- Polish 28th Infantry Division - gen. Władysław Bończa-Uzdowski
- Polish 29th Infantry Division - col. Ignacy Oziewicz
- Polish 30th Infantry Division - gen. Leopold Cehak
- Polish 33rd Infantry Division - col. Tadeusz Kalina-Zieleniewski
- Polish 35th Infantry Division - col. Jarosław Szafran
- Polish 36th Infantry Division - col. Michał Ostrowski
- Polish 38th Infantry Division - col. Alojzy Wir-Konas
- Polish 39th Infantry Division - gen. Brunon Olbrycht
- Polish 41st Infantry Division - gen. Wacław Piekarski
- Polish 44th Infantry Division - col. Eugeniusz Żongołłowicz
- Polish 45th Infantry Division - gen. Henryk Krok-Paszkowski
- Polish 50th Infantry Division „Brzoza” - col. Ottokar Brzoza-Brzezina
- Polish 55th Infantry Division - col. Stanisław Kalabiński
- Polish 60th Infantry Division 'Kobryń' - col. Adam Epler
- Polish Cavalry Division 'Zaza' - brig.gen. Zygmunt Podhorski
Polish divisions in France 1939-1940
- Polish 1st Armoured Grenadiers Division - gen. Bronisław Duch
- Polish 2nd Rifle Division - gen. Bronisław Prugar-Ketling
- Polish 3rd Infantry Division - gen. Rudolf Dreszer
- Polish 4th Infantry Division - col. Tadeusz Kalina-Zieleniewski
- Polish Independent Highland Rifle Brigade - gen. Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko
- Polish 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade (10éme Brigade de cavalerie motorisée) - gen. Stanisław Maczek
- Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade - gen. Stanisław Kopański
Polish divisions & brigades on the Western fronts
Polish divisions on the Eastern Fronts
- 1st Polish Army
- Polish 1st Tadeusz Kosciuszko Infantry Division
- Polish 2nd Infantry Division
- Polish 3rd Infantry Division
- Polish 4th Infantry Division
- Polish 6th Infantry Division
- Polish 1st Armoured Brigade "Westerplatte Heroes"
- Polish 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 regiment
- 13th SP-artillery regiment (SU-85 and ISU-152)
- 2nd Polish Army
- Polish 5th Infantry Division
- Polish 7th Infantry Division
- Polish 8th Infantry Division
- Polish 9th Infantry Division
- Polish 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.
main vehicles: T-34 m.41, m.43, T-34/85, T-70, IS-2, SU-57, SU-76M, SU-85, ISU-122, ISU-152, BA-64, Universal Carrier, M2 Halftrack (few), M17 (M16) SP-AAgun (few).
- 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
- Armia Krajowa - brigade or division-sized units only
- Narodowe Sily Zbrojne
See also:
- Polish_contribution_to_World_War_II
- History of Poland (1939-1945)
- An Illustrated History of the Polish II Corps. (http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/pipexdsl/r/arar48/dzieje/) Mieczyslaw Kuczynski.