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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 ...
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) 58th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment , a.k.a. the Polish Legion, commanded in the U.S. Civil War by Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski
Memorial badge of the I Brigade Operations of the Polish Legions. Brigade I of the Polish Legions (Polish: I Brygada Legionów Polskich, Austrian German: Brigade I der Polnischen Legion, Hungarian: A Lengyel Légió I. Dandárja) was a unit of Austro-Hungarian Army, manned by Poles under Austrian occupation, part of the Polish Legions in World War I, existing from 1914 to 1917.
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 ...
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.
First Legions Infantry Regiment was the oldest of all regiments of the Polish Army in the interbellum period. Its traditions dated to the First Cadre Company , which on August 6, 1914 marched from the Austrian Partition of Poland ( Galicia ) into Russian-controlled Congress Poland .
Polish 3rd Legions Infantry Division (3.Dywizja Piechoty Legionów) was a tactical unit of the Polish Army between the World Wars. Formed in 1919, as a third unit composed significantly of veterans of the Polish Legions in World War I (after Polish 1st Legions Infantry Division and Polish 2nd Legions Infantry Division), it saw extensive action during the Polish-Bolshevik War and the Invasion ...
Initially a part of the Polish Legions in World War I, after the war it was incorporated into the Polish Army. Disbanded after the Invasion of Poland in 1939, it was recreated during the Armia Krajowa's Operation Tempest. The regiment was first formed in 1914 in Kraków, as part of the Polish Legions fighting alongside the Austro-Hungarian Army.