Polish Legions
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Polish Legions may refer to, in chronological order:
- Polish Legion in Turkey, formed around 1770s, as part of the Confederation of Bar
- Polish Legions (Napoleonic period), created by Henryk Dąbrowski during the Napoleonic Wars
- Mickiewicz's LegionMickiewicz's LegionThe Mickiewicz Legion or the Polish Legion was a military unit formed on March 29, 1848 in Rome by one of the most notable Polish poets Adam Mickiewicz, to take part in the liberation of Italy....
, formed by Adam Mickiewicz in Rome in 1848 - 58th New York Infantry, a.k.a. the Polish Legion, commanded in the U.S. Civil War by Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski
- Polish Legions in World War IPolish Legions in World War IPolish Legions was the name of Polish armed forces created in August 1914 in Galicia. Thanks to the efforts of KSSN and the Polish members of the Austrian parliament, the unit became an independent formation of the Austro-Hungarian Army...
- Polish Legion in FinlandPolish Legion in FinlandPolish Legion in Finland was a military unit which consisted of ethnic Poles, who had been soldiers of the Russian Imperial Army in World War I. Created on April 24, 1917 in Vyborg, it existed until March 1, 1918. It consisted of infantry battalion in Vyborg and infantry company in Ino and heavy...
- 5th Rifle Division (Poland) or Siberian Division
- Polish 1st Legions Infantry DivisionPolish 1st Legions Infantry DivisionPolish 1st Legions Infantry Division was a tactical unit of the Polish Army between the World Wars. Formed on February 20, 1919, partially of veterans of the I Brigade of the Polish Legions, the unit saw extensive action during the Polish-Bolshevik War and World War II.As one of the most...
- Polish 2nd Legions Infantry DivisionPolish 2nd Legions Infantry DivisionPolish 2nd Legions Infantry Division was a tactical unit of the Polish Army between the World Wars. Formed on Febryary 21, 1919 in the town of Zegrze, as a second unit, composed mostly of veterans of the Polish Legions in World War I, the unit saw extensive action during the Polish-Bolshevik War...
- Polish 3rd Legions Infantry DivisionPolish 3rd Legions Infantry DivisionPolish 3rd Legions Infantry Division was a tactical unit of the Polish Army between the World Wars. Formed in 1919, as a third unit composed significantly of veterans of the Polish Legions in World War I , the unit saw extensive action during the Polish-Bolshevik War and...
- Polish 2nd Legions' Infantry RegimentPolish 2nd Legions' Infantry RegimentThe 2nd Legions' Infantry Regiment was a Polish military unit active between 1914 and 1944. Initially a part of the Polish Legions in World War I, after the war it was incorporated into the Polish Army...