List of Polish divisions in World War II

This is a list of Polish divisions in World War II. In contrast to Wikipedia's reasonably complete descriptions of U.S., British, and German divisions, only some Polish divisions have articles here, mostly because the detailed histories have either not been translated from Polish or have not been fully released from the official archives. (See Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias).

Polish Armies in 1939

• Armia Prusy
• Armia Pomorze
• Armia Poznań
• Armia Łódź
• Armia Lublin
• Armia Kraków
• Armia Karpaty
• Armia Modlin
• Armia Warszawa
• Armia Małopolska
• Independent Operational Group Polesie
• Independent Operational Group Narew

Polish divisions in September 1939 Campaign

• Polish Legions 1st Infantry Division of Józef Piłsudski (stationed in Wilno) - Brig. Gen. Wincenty Kowalski
• Polish Legions 2nd Infantry Division (stationed in Kielce) - Col. Edward Dojan-Surówka, after September 8, 1939 col. Antoni Staich
• Polish Legions 3rd Infantry Division (stationed in Zamość) - Col. Marian Turowski
• 4th Toruń Infantry Division (stationed in Toruń) - Col. Tadeusz Lubicz-Niezabitowski, after September 4, 1939 Col. Mieczysław Rawicz-Mysłowski, after September 12 Col. Józef Werobej
• 5th Lwów Infantry Division (stationed in Lwów) - Gen. Juliusz Zulauf
• 6th Kraków Infantry Division (stationed in Kraków) - Gen. Bernard Mond
• 7th Częstochowa Infantry Division (stationed in Częstochowa) - Brig. Gen. Janusz Gąsiorowski
• 8th Infantry Division (stationed in Modlin) - Col. Tadeusz Wyrwa-Furgalski
• 9th Siedlce Infantry Division (stationed in Siedlce) - Col. Józef Werobej
• 10th Łódź Infantry Division (stationed in Łódź) -Gen. Franciszek Dindorf-Ankowicz
• 11th Carpathian Infantry Division (stationed in Stanisławów) - Col. Bronisław Prugar-Ketling
• 12th Tarnopol Infantry Division (stationed in Tarnopol) - Gen. Gustaw Paszkiewicz
• 13th Kresy Infantry Division (stationed in Równe) - Col. Władysław Zubosz-Kaliński
• 14th Greater Poland Infantry Division (stationed in Poznań) - Gen. Franciszek Wład
• 15th Greater Poland Infantry Division (stationed in Bydgoszcz) - Gen. Wacław Przyjałkowski
• 16th Pomeranian Infantry Division (stationed in Grudziądz) - Col. Stanisław Świtalski, after September 2, 1939 Col. Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko
• 17th Greater Poland Infantry Division (stationed in Gniezno) - Col. Mieczysław Stanisław Mozdyniewicz
• 18th Łomża Infantry Division (stationed in Łomża) - Col. Stefan Kossecki
• 19th Infantry Division (stationed in Wilno) - Gen. Józef Kwaciszewski
• 20th Infantry Division (stationed in Baranowicze) - Col. Wilhelm Liszka-Lawicz
• Polish 21st Mountain Infantry Division (stationed in Bielsko-Biała) - Gen. Józef Kustroń
• Polish 22nd Mountain Infantry Division (stationed in Przemyśl) - Col. Leopold Engel-Ragis
• 23rd Upper Silesian Infantry Division (stationed in Katowice) - Col. Władysław Powierza
• 24th Jarosław Infantry Division (stationed in Jarosław) - Col. Aleksander Krzyżanowski, after September 8, 1939 Col. Bolesław Schwarzenberg-Czerny
• 25th Kalisz Infantry Division (stationed in Kalisz) - Gen. Franciszek Alter
• 26th Skierniewice Infantry Division (stationed in Skierniewice) - Col. Adam Brzechwa-Ajdukiewicz
• 27th Kowel Infantry Division (stationed in Kowel) - Gen. Juliusz Drapella
• 28th Warsaw Infantry Division (stationed in Warsaw) - Gen. Władysław Bończa-Uzdowski
• 29th Grodno Infantry Division (stationed in Grodno) - Col. Ignacy Oziewicz
• 30th Polesie Infantry Division (stationed in Kobryń) - Gen. Leopold Cehak
• 33rd Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in Grodno) - Col. Tadeusz Kalina-Zieleniewski
• 35th Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in Wilno) - Col. Jarosław Szafran
• 36th Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in Czortków) - Col. Michał Ostrowski
• 38th Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in Łuniniec) - Col. Alojzy Wir-Konas
• 39th Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in Rembertów) - Gen. Bruno Olbrycht
• 41st Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in Ostrów Mazowiecka) - Gen. Wacław Piekarski
• 44th Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in Łowicz) - Col. Eugeniusz Żongołłowicz
• 45th Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in Kraków) - Gen. Henryk Krok-Paszkowski
• Polish 50th Infantry Division „Brzoza” - Col. Ottokar Brzoza-Brzezina
• 55th Reserve Infantry Division (stationed in Będzin) - Col. Stanisław Kalabiński
• Polish 60th Infantry Division 'Kobryń' - Col. Adam Epler
• Polish Cavalry Division 'Zaza' - Brig. Gen. Zygmunt Podhorski

Polish divisions in France 1939–40

• Polish 1st Grenadier Division - Gen. Bronisław Duch
• Polish 2nd Rifle Division - Gen. Bronisław Prugar-Ketling
• Polish 3rd Infantry Division - Gen. Rudolf Dreszer
• Polish 4th Infantry Division - Col. Tadeusz Kalina-Zieleniewski
• Polish Independent Highland Brigade - Gen. Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko
• Polish 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade (10éme Brigade de cavalerie motorisée) - Gen. Stanisław Maczek
• Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade - Gen. Stanisław Kopański

Polish divisions & brigades on the Western and Italian Fronts

• Polish I Corps
  • Polish 1st Armoured Division
  • Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade
• Polish II Corps
  • Polish 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division
  • Polish 5th Kresowa Infantry Division
  • Polish 2nd Armoured Brigade

Polish divisions on the Eastern Fronts

• 1st Polish Army
  • Polish 1st Tadeusz Kosciuszko Infantry Division
  • Polish 2nd Infantry Division
  • Polish 3rd Infantry Division
  • Polish 4th Infantry Division
  • Polish 6th Infantry Division
  • Polish 1st Armoured Brigade "Westerplatte Heroes"
  • Polish 1st Warsaw Cavalry Brigade
  • in addition:
    • Army artillery: 5 Artillery Brigades (1-5), 1st AA-Artillery Division, 1st mortar regiment
    • 1st Engineering Brigade
    • 4th independent heavy tank regiment
    • 13th SP-artillery regiment (SU-85 and ISU-152)

• Polish Second Army
  • Polish 5th Infantry Division
  • Polish 7th Infantry Division
  • Polish 8th Infantry Division
  • Polish 9th Infantry Division
  • Polish 10th Infantry Division
  • 16th Armoured Brigade,
  • 2nd Artillery Division, 3rd AA-artillery Division, 3rd indep. mortar regiment
  • 3 AT-artillery brigades (nos.9,11,14)
  • 2nd Sapper Brigade
  • 4th independent heavy tank regiment
  • 28th SP-artillery regiment (21 x SU-85)

• 1st Armoured Corps: 3 armoured brigades, 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade - details below. Subordinated to the 2nd Army.
  • 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade (Polish)(East)
  • 2nd Armoured Brigade (2. Brygada Pancerna) - (65 x T-34/85)
  • 3rd Armoured Brigade
  • 4th Armoured Brigade
  • 24th SP-artillery regiment (21 x SU-85)
  • 25th SP-artillery regiment (21 x ISU-122)
  • 27th SP-artillery regiment (21 x SU-76M)
  • 2nd mortar regiment
  • 26th AA-artillery regiment
  • Rocket artillery battalion

Polish divisions of the underground armies

• Armia Krajowa - brigade or division-sized units only
  • Polish 2nd Home Army Infantry Division (Kielce-Radom)
  • Polish 8th Home Army Infantry Division (Warsaw Uprising)
  • Polish 19th Home Army Infantry Division (Wilno)
  • Polish 27th Home Army Infantry Division (Wołyń)
  • Polish Cracovian Home Army Infantry Division
  • Polish Cracovian Home Army Cavalry Brigade
• Narodowe Siły Zbrojne

See also

• Polish contribution to World War II
• History of Poland (1939–1945)