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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 ...
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 ...
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.
By 1805, during the War of the Third Coalition, the Polish troops in Italy had been renamed the 1st Polish Legion (1e Legion Polonaise) and attached to the Kingdom of Italy. [26] In 1806, all that was left of the old Dąbrowski and Kniaziewicz's Legions was one demi-brigade, consisting of one infantry regiment and one cavalry regiment, now in ...
Pages in category "Polish legionnaires (World War I)" The following 123 pages are in this category, out of 123 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Danube Legion; Legion of the Vistula; Polish Legion in Portugal, created in 1828 during Liberal Wars; Polish Legion in Hungary, created in 1848 during Hungarian Revolution of 1848; Mickiewicz's Legion, formed by Adam Mickiewicz in Rome in 1848; Polish Legion in Turkey, formed under Józef Jagmin in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
This list of military legions is in chronological order where possible. In modern times, most units using the name "military legions" were composed of soldiers from a specific ethnic, national, religious or ideological background, and that background is often specified in the legion's name.
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.