1st Armoured Brigade (Poland)
- 1st Armoured Brigade (Poland)
Polish 1st Armoured Brigade of the defenders of Westerplatte ( _pl. 1 Brygada Pancerna im. Bohaterów Westerplatte) or Polish 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade (Polish: "1 Warszawska Brygada Pancerna") was a military unit in the Ludowe Wojsko Polskie. It was formed in 1943 from a regiment (pułk) of the same name.
The unit fought at the Battle of Lenino (September 1943) and at the Battle of Studzianki during the Lublin-Brest Offensive (Magnuszew bridegheads in August 1944). From mid-August it was subordinate to the Polish First Army. Later the unit fought in the East Pomeranian Offensive.
In January 1945 it received another the honorary name, "Warszawska" (of Warsaw).
In January 1946 it was downsized to regiment, and from June it was stationed in the Modlin area.
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