List of Polish divisions in World War I
Main article: Polish Legions in World War I
The following is a list of Polish brigade and division-sized military units during World War I and the subsequent Russian Civil War. See also list of military divisions. Official names are given in parentheses.
| Formed in Russia during World War I | Green |
|---|---|
| Formed in France during World War I (the Blue Army of Gen. Haller) | Blue |
| Formed in Russia during Russian Civil War | Red |
| Formed in Austria-Hungary during World War I | Yellow |
| Formed in Germany during World War I | Grey |
| Polish 1st Rifle Division (1 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich / 1re Division Polonaise) Later 13th Infantry Division (Poland) | |
| Polish 2nd Rifle Division (2 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich / 2éme Division Polonaise) | |
| Polish 3rd Rifle Division (3 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich / 3éme Division Polonaise) | |
| Polish 4th Rifle Division (Poland) (4. Dywizja Strzelców Polskich)Later part of Haller's Blue army as 4th Division-renamed 10th Infantry Division (Poland) Col. Franciszek Zieliński | |
| Polish 5th Rifle Division (Poland) (5. Dywizja Strzelców Polskich)Later part of Haller's Blue army as 5th Division-renamed Polish 30th Infantry Division generals Piotr Szymanowski, Adam Sławoczyński, Tadeusz Bylewski | |
| Polish 6th Rifle Division (6 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich / 3éme Division Polonaise) | |
| Polish 7th Rifle Division (7 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich / 7éme Division Polonaise) | |
| Polish Instructive Division (Dywizja Instrukcyjna) | |
| Polish Legion in Finland only existed from 1917 to 1918 | |
| Polish I Corps in Russia (I Korpus Polski w Rosji) Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki | |
| Polish II Corps in Russia Polish 4th Rifle Division (4 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich) Later formed 10th Infantry Division (Poland)(10. Dywizja Piechoty) general Lucjan Żeligowski | |
| Polish II Corps in Russia Polish 5th Rifle Division (5 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich) Later formed into 2 regiments of Polish army of which 1 regiment was formed as 82nd Siberian Infantry Regiment (Polish: 82 Syberyjski pułk piechoty) colonel Walerian Czuma | |
| Polish Light Brigade (Brygada Lekka) Juliusz Rómmel | |
| 1st Lithuanian–Belarusian Division (1. Dywizja Litewsko-Białoruska, Belarusian: 1-ая Літоўска-Беларуская дывізія) Later 19th Infantry Division (Poland) | |
| 2nd Lithuanian–Belarusian Division (2. Dywizja Litewsko-Białoruska, Belarusian: 2-ая Літоўска-Беларуская дывізія) Later 20th Infantry Division (Poland) | |
| 1st Brigade of the Polish Legions (1 Brygada Legionów Polskich) Józef Piłsudski | |
| 2nd Brigade of the Polish Legions (2 Brygada Legionów Polskich) Józef Haller de Hallenburg | |
| 3rd Brigade of the Polish Legions (3 Brygada Legionów Polskich) Bolesław Roja | |
| 4th Infantry Division (Poland) (4 Dywizji Piechoty) Later 26th Infantry Division (Poland) | |
| Polish Auxiliary Corps (Polski Korpus Posiłkowy) general Zygmunt Zieliński | |
| Polnische Wehrmacht (Polska Siła Zbrojna) Felix von Barth |
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