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  2. Polish Legions in World War I - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Wanda Gertz - Wikipedia

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    Women volunteer soldiers of the Polish Army in 1920. In April 1919, soon after the outbreak of the Polish–Soviet War, Gertz enlisted in the Polish Army and was assigned to the 1st Lithuanian–Belarusian Division. In September 1919, she was appointed commander of the Ochotnicza Legia Kobiet - (2nd Women's Volunteer Legion) in Vilnius.

  4. Voluntary Legion of Women - Wikipedia

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    Voluntary Legion of Women (Polish: Ochotnicza Legia Kobiet (OLK)) was a voluntary Polish paramilitary organization, created by women in Lviv in late 1918. At that time possession of the city was contested by the Poles and Ukrainians, and women decided to assist the Polish soldiers in all possible ways, including fighting on the front line.

  5. Polish Legions - Wikipedia

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    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)

  6. Halszka Wasilewska (soldier) - Wikipedia

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    Brigade II of the Polish Legions Commandant of Przysposobienie Wojskowe Kobiet: Battles / wars: World War I Polish–Ukrainian War Battle of Lwów Polish–Soviet War World War II: Awards: Commemorative Medal for War 1939–1945: Relations: Leon Wasilewski, Wanda Wasilewska: Other work: Commander Polish Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Germany

  7. Aleksandra Piłsudska - Wikipedia

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    During the First World War, she worked in the intelligence and communication section of the First Brigade of the Polish Legions, and soon she became involved with the Polish Military Organisation (Polska Organizacja Wojskowa). As a result of these activities, she was arrested in 1915 by the Germans in Warsaw, and again imprisoned in Pawiak in ...

  8. Category:Polish female soldiers - Wikipedia

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    This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Polish soldiers. It includes soldiers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Polish female soldiers"

  9. Adam Dulęba - Wikipedia

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    Adam Franciszek Mikołaj Dulęba (6 December 1895 – end of March 1944 in the Gross-Rosen concentration camp) was a Polish photographer, officer of the Polish Legions, soldier of Armia Krajowa; known under the pseudonym Góral. Adam Dulęba was the photographer and chronicler of the Polish Legions.