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Until World War II, each of the branches of the Land Forces used a set of different names for the same grades. For instance a sergeant was called sierżant in the infantry , ogniomistrz (literally master of fire ) in the artillery and wachmistrz (from German Wachtmeister , or Master of the Guards ) in the cavalry .
Soldiers of the Polish Legion in Finland. Polish Legion in Finland (Polish: Legion Polski w Finlandii, Finnish: Puolan Legioona Suomessa, Swedish: Polska legionen i Finland, Russian: Польский Легион в Финляндии) was a military unit made up of ethnic Poles who had been soldiers of the Russian Imperial Army during World War I and stationed in the Grand Duchy of Finland.
The military ranks of Finland are the military insignia used by the Finnish Defence Forces. The ranks incorporate features from the Swedish, German, and Russian armed forces. In addition, the system has some typically Finnish characteristics that are mostly due to the personnel structure of the Finnish Defence Forces. The ranks have official ...
This is a list of Polish divisions in World War II. Polish divisions in September 1939 Campaign. 1st Legions Infantry Division of Józef Piłsudski ...
The following table shows comparative officer ranks of World War II, with the ranks of Allied powers, the major Axis powers and various other countries and co-belligerents during World War II. Table [ edit ]
Poland's highest military decoration for valor in the face of the enemy 1792 Order of Polonia Restituta Order Odrodzenia Polski Order of Poland Reborn: Awarded to both civilians and the military for their merits. 1921 Order of Military Cross Order Krzyża Wojskowego: Awarded to military personnel for actions in peacetime. 2006
Italian Legione Redenta, an Italian military formation that participated in the Siberian Intervention during the Russian Civil War; Jewish Legion, in the British Army at Gallipoli and Palestine; Polish Legion in Finland, fighting for the Finns against the Russians; Polish Legions in World War I, part of the Austro-Hungarian Army
Danube Legion; Legion of the Vistula; Polish Legion in Portugal, created in 1828 during Liberal Wars; Polish Legion in Hungary, created in 1848 during Hungarian Revolution of 1848; 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)