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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.
The Commander of the Polish Legions Group, Colonel Wiktor Grzesicki, punished him with a fourteen-day peace arrest for exceeding the competence of an intelligence officer and illegal recruitment. [5] The Austrian authorities demanded that he be removed from the Legions, so at the end of April 1916 he moved to Warsaw and became a member of the ...
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 ...
The First Cadre Company (Polish: Pierwsza Kompania Kadrowa) was a Polish military formation created in the Austro-Hungarian Army at the outbreak of World War I. The company was founded by Józef Piłsudski on 3 August 1914 in Kraków. It was the predecessor of the Polish Legions, and formed the core of the Polish Legions' First Brigade during ...
Reconstruction of the Uhlan Regiment of Polish Legions during celebration of Independence Day in Warsaw. The 1st Uhlans Regiment of Polish Legions was a cavalry unit of the Polish Legions during World War I. Members of the unit were named "Beliniaki", after their original leader Władysław Zygmunt Belina-Prażmowski.
5th Legions Infantry Regiment of Józef Piłsudski (Polish: 5 Pułk Piechoty Legionów Józefa Piłsudskiego, abbreviated to 5 pp Leg. ) was an infantry regiment of the Polish Army in 1918–1939. It was garrisoned in Vilnius as part of the 1st Legions Infantry Division .