List of Polish divisions in World War II
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This is a list of Polish divisions in World War II. In contrast to Wikipedia's reasonably complete descriptions of U.S., British, and German divisions, only some Polish divisions have articles here, mostly because the detailed histories have either not been translated from Polish or have not been fully released from the official archives. (See Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias).
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[edit] Polish Armies in 1939
For more details on this topic, see List of Polish armies in World War II.
- Armia Prusy
- Armia Pomorze
- Armia Poznań
- Armia Łódź
- Armia Lublin
- Armia Kraków
- Armia Karpaty
- Armia Modlin
- Armia Warszawa
- Armia Małopolska
- Independent Operational Group Polesie
- Independent Operational Group Narew
[edit] Polish divisions in September 1939 Campaign
- 1st Legions Infantry Division (Poland)1st Legions 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
- 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
- 6th Infantry Division - Gen. Bernard Mond
- 7th Infantry Division - Brig. Gen. Janusz Gąsiorowski
- 8th Infantry Division - Col. Tadeusz Wyrwa-Furgalski
- 9th Infantry Division - Col. Józef Werobej
- 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
- 14th Infantry Division - Gen. Franciszek Wład
- Polish 15th Infantry Division - Gen. Wacław Przyjałkowski
- Polish 16th Pomeranian Infantry Division - Col. Stanisław Świtalski, after September 2, 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, after 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
[edit] Polish divisions in France 1939-1940
- Polish 1st Grenadier 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 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
[edit] Polish divisions & brigades on the Western fronts
[edit] 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)
- Polish Second 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.
- 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
[edit] Polish divisions of the underground armies
- Armia Krajowa - brigade or division-sized units only
- Narodowe Siły Zbrojne
