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The Polish Armed Forces in the West fought under British command and numbered 195,000 in March 1944 and 165,000 at the end of that year, including about 20,000 personnel in the Polish Air Force and 3,000 in the Polish Navy. At the end of World War II, the Polish Armed Forces in the west numbered 195,000 and by July 1945 had increased to 228,000 ...
Pages in category "Polish military personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 345 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Military contribution of Poland to World War II, Polish Ministry of Defence official page; Polish contribution to the Allied victory in World War 2 (1939-1945), PDF at the site of Polish Embassy (Canada) The Poles on the Fronts of WW2 Archived 20 May 2005 at the Wayback Machine; Polish units in defence of France, 1939-1940
The 2nd Polish Corps (Polish: 2 Korpus Polski), 1943–1947, was a major tactical and operational unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II. It was commanded by Lieutenant General Władysław Anders and fought with distinction in the Italian Campaign, in particular at the Battle of Monte Cassino. By the end of 1945, the ...
The following is a list of Polish Armies during 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
A Polish–Soviet military agreement was signed on 14 August 1941; it attempted to specify the political and operational conditions for the functioning of the Polish army on Soviet soil. Stalin agreed that this force would be subordinate to the Polish government-in-exile, while operationally being a part of the Soviet-German Eastern Front .
The "Piast eagle" worn by Polish Army Formations in the East, 1943–1945. The Polish Armed Forces in the East (Polish: Polskie Siły Zbrojne na Wschodzie), also called Polish Army in the USSR, were the Polish military forces established in the Soviet Union during World War II. Two armies were formed separately and at different times.
After the End of World War II in Europe, the Second Army was regrouped in the vicinity of Wrocław. On 17 May it was transferred from the 1st Ukrainian Front to the High Command of the People's Army of Poland. Until August 1945 the Army was tasked with guarding the Recovered Territories and the new Polish-German frontier on the Oder-Neisse line.