First Army (Poland)
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In the history of the Polish Army there were a number of units named the First Army:
- First Polish Army (1920)First Polish Army (1920)The First Army was a field army of the Polish Army that existed during the Polish-Bolshevist War.In March of 1920 the Headquarters of the Army decided to disband the Front HQs active until then and reform them into separate armies...
, created out of the Northern Front during the Polish-Bolshevist War - First Polish Army (1944-1945)First Polish Army (1944-1945)The Polish First Army was a Polish Army unit formed in the Soviet Union in 1944, from the previously existing Polish I Corps as part of the People's Army of Poland . The First Army fought westward, subordinated to the Soviet 1st Belorussian Front, during the offensive against Germany that led to...
, formed in the USSR in 1944 and fighting in World War II as part of the Soviet-backed People's Army of Poland