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Polish 2nd Rifle Division (1917)
Polish 2nd Infantry Division may refer to: * Polish 2nd Rifle Division (1917) (Dywizja Strzelców Polskich, 1917) * Polish 2nd Legions Infantry Division (2 Dywizja Piechoty Legionów, 1919 - 1939) * Second Infantry Fusiliers Division (2 Dywizja Strzelców Pieszych, France, 1939-1940) * Polish 2nd Infantry Division (East) of the Polish First Army (2 Warszawska Dywizja Piechoty im. Henryka Dąbrowskiego, Ludowe Wojsko Polskie, 1943-1956) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish 2nd Legions Infantry Division
Polish 2nd Legions Infantry Division (''2. Dywizja Piechoty Legionów'') was a tactical unit of the Polish Army between the World Wars. Formed on February 21, 1919, in the towns of Zegrze and Jablonna near Warsaw, and composed mostly of veterans of the Polish Legions in World War I, the unit saw extensive action during the Polish-Bolshevik War and the Invasion of Poland. During the Polish-Bolshevik War the division was commanded by Henryk Minkiewicz and Michal Zymierski. In a later stage, it took part in the Battle of Niemen as part of the Third Army. In the Second Polish Republic, the unit's headquarters were stationed in Kielce, with some regiments in the garrisons of Sandomierz and Jarosław. During that time its commanders included General Aleksander Narbutt-Łuczyński (1921 - 1930), General Juliusz Zulauf (1930 - 1938) and Colonel Edward Dojan-Surówka (1938 - Sept. 8 1939). In 1921 - 1939, the division's headquarters was garrisoned in Kielce. Its 2nd Legions' Infantry Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Infantry Fusiliers Division
The 2nd Rifle Division (, or ''2e Division d'Infanterie Polonaise'') was a Polish Army unit, part of the recreated Polish Army in France in 1940. The division (numbering 15,830 soldiers) was commanded by Brigadier-General Bronisław Prugar-Ketling, and was based from late December 1939 to May 1940 at Parthenay in Eastern France. Under Prugar-Ketling the division was charged with holding the defences around Belfort, Alsace.The Polish Army In France 1939 - 1940 Last retrieved on 31 July 2007. Assigned to part of the French reserves, 45th Corps. Engaged in heavy fighting from June 17 to 19 near the |