Polish I Corps in the Soviet Union
- Polish I Corps in the Soviet Union
Polish I Corps in the Soviet Union was a formation of the Polish Armed Forces in the East.
On 10 August 1943 Soviets gave permission for enlarging the Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division into a Corps. The new formation was to be composed of 2 infantry divisions, one artillery and one armore brigades, one support and one air regiments, four indendent battalions, and support units. It was commanded by gen. Zygmunt Berling, and his second-in-command were gen. Karol Świerczewski and col. Włodzimierz Sokorski.
Formations of the corps took part in combat from September 1943. In March 1944 it was enlarged again, forming the Polish First Army.
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