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List of Polish armies in World War II
The following is a list of Polish Armies during the World War II, together with their commanders and brigade and division-sized units. For a more detailed list see: Polish army order of battle in 1939.
Key
| Formed before the war |
Blue |
| Formed during the war in Poland |
Green |
| Formed in exile at later stages of the war |
Red |
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Karpaty Army (Armia Karpaty)
Kazimierz Fabrycy
2nd and 3rd Mountain Bdes, 11th Inf.Div, 24th Inf.Div, 38th Inf.Div |
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Kraków Army (Armia Kraków)
Antoni Szylling
6th, 7th, 21st Mountain, 22nd Mountain, 23rd, 55th Infantry Divisions, 10th Mot., Kraków Cav.Bde., 1st Mountain |
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Łódź Army (Armia Łódź)
Juliusz Rómmel, Wiktor Thommée
2nd Legions, 10th, 28th, 30th Infantry Divisions, Wołyńska and Kresowa Cavalry Brigades |
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Modlin Army (Armia Modlin)
Emil Krukowicz-Przedrzymirski
8th and 20th Infantry Divisions, Mazowiecka and Nowogródzka Cavalry Brigades, Warsaw BON |
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Pomorze Army (Armia Pomorze)
Władysław Bortnowski
4th, 9th, 15th, 16th and 27th Infantry Divisions, Pomorska Cavalry Brigade, Pomorze and Chełm National Defence Bdes, Wisła Independent Unit |
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Poznań Army (Armia Poznań)
Tadeusz Kutrzeba
14th, 17th, 25th and 26th Inf.Div., Podolska and Wielkopolska Cav.Bdes, Poznań and Kalisz National Defence Bdes |
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Prusy Army (Armia Prusy)
Stefan Dąb-Biernacki
3rd Legions, 12th, 13th, 19th, 29th and 36th Inf.Div, Wileńska Cavalry Brigade |
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Lublin Army (Armia Lublin)
Tadeusz Piskor
39th Inf.Div., Motorised Bde, Sandomierz Group, Komorowski's Cavalry Group |
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Małopolska Army (Armia Małopolska)
Kazimierz Fabrycy
See:Karpaty Army above |
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Warszawa Army (Armia Warszawa)
Juliusz Rómmel, Walerian Czuma, Wiktor Thommée
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Polish Army in France (Armia Polska we Francji)
Władysław Sikorski
1st Grenadier, 2nd Rifle, 10th Armoured Brigade Bde |
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Polish I Corps in the West (1 Korpus Wojska Polskiego)
Stanisław Maczek
1st Armoured Division, 1st Para Brigade |
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Polish II Corps (2 Korpus Wojska Polskiego)
Władysław Anders
3rd and 5th Infantry Divisions, 2nd Armoured Division |
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Polish First Army (1 Armia Wojska Polskiego)
Zygmunt Berling
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th Infantry Divisions, Armoured Bde, Cavalry Bde |
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Polish Second Army (2 Armia Wojska Polskiego)
Karol Świerczewski
5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Inf. Divs, 16th Armoured Bde |
Note that during Polish Defensive War there were also several divisions grouped into smaller than army units, the Wyszków Operational Group and Narew Independent Operational Group.
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