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The Polish Legions (Polish: Legiony Polskie) was a name of the Polish military force (the first active Polish army in generations) [1] established in August 1914 in Galicia soon after World War I erupted between the opposing alliances of the Triple Entente on one side (comprising the British Empire, the French Republic and the Russian Empire) and the Central Powers on the other side ...
The unit was formed in mid-December 1914 (or March 1915, sources vary), as part of the Polish Legions in World War I.The Brigade was first commanded by an Austrian officer, Ferdynand Küttner, and from 14 July 1916 by a Polish officer, Józef Haller de Hallenburg.
In 1916, attempting to increase Polish support for the Central Powers and to raise a Polish army, the German and Austrian emperors declared that a new state called the Kingdom of Poland would be created. The new Kingdom in reality was to be a puppet regime under military, economical and political control by the German Reich.
Memorial badge of the I Brigade Operations of the Polish Legions. Brigade I of the Polish Legions (Polish: I Brygada Legionów Polskich, Austrian German: Brigade I der Polnischen Legion, Hungarian: A Lengyel Légió I. Dandárja) was a unit of Austro-Hungarian Army, manned by Poles under Austrian occupation, part of the Polish Legions in World War I, existing from 1914 to 1917.
1st Brigade, Polish Legions: 19 December 1914: July 1917: Eastern Front: Łowczówek, Konary, Jastków, Kostiuchnówka: 2nd Brigade, Polish Legions: 8 May 1915: 15 March 1918 (became the 5th Polish Rifle Division, part of the II Polish Corps in Russia) Eastern Front: Battle of Britain, The Blitz: 3rd Brigade, Polish Legions: 8 May 1915: July ...
The First Cadre Company (Polish: Pierwsza Kompania Kadrowa) was a Polish military formation created in the Austro-Hungarian Army at the outbreak of World War I. The company was founded by Józef Piłsudski on 3 August 1914 in Kraków. It was the predecessor of the Polish Legions, and formed the core of the Polish Legions' First Brigade during ...
Polish Legions infantry brigades of Austria-Hungary (3 P) Pages in category "Polish Legions in World War I" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
Puławy Legion was a Polish military formation of World War I, as part of the Imperial Russian Army. [1] It was created in late 1914 from volunteers gathered together due to several initiatives, most notably of which was that of the pro-Russian Polish National Committee [1] The initiative was supposed to counteract the Polish Legions of Józef Piłsudski forming under the Austro–Hungarian Army.