The Field Army Bernolák was an infantry unit during World War II

World War II

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. In Jozef Tiso

Jozef Tiso

Jozef Tiso was a Slovak Roman Catholic priest, politician of the Slovak People's Party, and Nazi collaborator. Between 1939 and 1945, Tiso was the head of the Slovak State, a satellite state of Nazi Germany...

's Axis WWII Slovak Republic, it took part in the German invasion of Poland

Invasion of Poland (1939)

The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign or 1939 Defensive War in Poland and the Poland Campaign in Germany, was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the start of World War II in Europe...

 (specifically, the Slovak invasion of Poland) in 1939 and the invasion of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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  in 1941.

In October of 1939 it returned to Slovakia and was upgraded to a fully motorized division. As the Fast Troops Group "Kalinčiak it took part in Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a front., the largest invasion in the history of warfare...

 in 1941, advancing under Army Group South

Army Group South

Army Group South was the name of a number of German Army Groups during World War II.- Poland campaign :Germany used two army groups to invade Poland in 1939: Army Group North and Army Group South...

. In 1943 the Fast Division was reconstructed and the 1st Infantry Division was formed from the Fast Division in August of that year. However, the 1st Infantry Division saw very little action and was used for rear area duties until it was disbanded in July 1944 to form construction units.

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The division

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's order of battle

Order of battle

In modern use, the order of battle is the identification, command structure, strength, and disposition of personnel, equipment, and units of an armed force participating in field operations. Various abbreviations are in use, including OOB, O/B, or OB, while ORBAT remains the most common in the...

 between 1939 and 1944 was as follows:

Army Commander, General Ferdinand Čatloš

Ferdinand Catloš

Ferdinand Čatloš was a Slovak military officer and politician. Throughout his short career in the administration of the Slovak Republic he held the post of Minister of Defence. He was also the commanding officer of the Field Army Bernolák during the Invasion of Poland...

• Slovak 1st Infantry Division "Janošík"
  • Gen. Antonin Pulanich
• Slovak 2nd Infantry Division "Škultéty"
  • Col. Ivan Imro, later Gen. Alexandr Čunderlik
• Slovak 3rd Infantry Division "Razus"
  • Gen. Augustín Malár
    Augustín Malár
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• Fast Troops Group "Kalinčiak"
  • Col. Ivan Imro