List of Polish divisions in World War II

List of Polish divisions in World War II

This is a list of Polish divisions in WWII.

Polish Armies in '39

* Armia Prusy
* Armia Pomorze
* Armia Poznań
* Armia Łódź
* Armia Lublin
* Armia Kraków
* Armia Karpaty
* Armia Modlin
* Armia Warszawa
* Armia Małopolska

* SGO Polesie

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

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

Polish divisions & brigades on the Western fronts

* Polish I Corps
** Polish 1st Armoured Division
** Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade
* Polish II Corps
** Polish 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division
** Polish 5th Kresowa Infantry Division
** Polish 2nd Armoured Brigade

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.

main vehicles:
*T-34 m.41, m.43, T-34/85,
*T-70,
*IS-2,
*SU-57, SU-76M, SU-85, ISU-122, ISU-152,
*BA-64,
*Universal Carrier,
*M2 Halftrack (few), M17 (M16) SP-AA gun (few).
** 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

Polish divisions of the underground armies

* Armia Krajowa - brigade or division-sized units only
** Polish 2nd Home Army Infantry Division (Kielce-Radom)
** Polish 8th Home Army Infantry Division (Warsaw Uprising)
** Polish 19th Home Army Infantry Division (Wilno)
** Polish 27th Home Army Infantry Division (Wołyń)
** Polish Cracovian Home Army Infantry Division
** Polish Cracovian Home Army Cavalry Brigade
* Narodowe Siły Zbrojne

See also

* Polish contribution to World War II
* History of Poland (1939–1945)


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