List of Polish divisions 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.

Key
Formed in Russia during World War I	Green
Formed in France during World War I (the Blue Army of Gen. Haller)	Blue

	1st Polish Rifle Division [pl] (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 Polish Rifle Division (4. Dywizja Strzelców Polskich)Later part of Haller's Blue army as 4th Division-renamed 10th Infantry Division (Poland) Col. Franciszek Zieliński
	Polish 5th Polish Rifle Division (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
	6th Polish Rifle Division (6 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich / 3éme Division Polonaise)
	7th Polish Rifle Division (7 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich / 7éme Division Polonaise)
	Polish Instructive Division (Dywizja Instrukcyjna)

Formed in Russia during the Russian Civil War


Formation name	Date formed	Date formation ceased to exist	Locations served	Notable campaigns	Notes
Polish Legion in Finland	24 April 1917	1 March 1918	Finland	n/a
I Polish Corps in Russia	24 July 1917	21 May 1918	modern-day Belarus	German anti-Bolshevik campaign in spring 1918	On May 21, 1918, the Corps' commander Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki after acknowledging the Regency Council signed an agreement with the Germans, under which the Corps agreed to be disarmed and disbanded.
II Polish Corps in Russia	21 December 1917	11 May 1918	modern-day Ukraine	Battle of Kaniów	The corps was disbanded afterwards the battle of Kaniów, with most of its soldiers imprisoned by the Germans.
III Polish Corps in Russia			Ukraine
4th Polish Rifle Division	24 August 1918	19 July 1919	southern Russia
5th Polish Rifle Division	25 January 1919	20 January 1920	Siberia
1st Lithuanian–Belarusian Division	1919	1921
2nd Lithuanian–Belarusian Division	July 1919	1920
Polish Light Brigade (Brygada Lekka)

Formed by Austria-Hungary


Formation name	Date formed	Date formation ceased to exist	Locations served	Notable battles
1st Brigade, Polish Legions	19 December 1914	July 1917	Eastern Front	Łowczówek, Konary, Jastków, Kostiuchnówka
2nd Brigade, Polish Legions	8 May 1915	15 March 1918 (became the 5th Polish Rifle Division, part of the II Polish Corps in Russia)	Eastern Front	Battle of Britain, The Blitz
3rd Brigade, Polish Legions	8 May 1915	July 1917	Eastern Front	Battle of Britain, The Blitz
Polish Auxiliary Corps	20 September 1916	19 February 1918 (formed the basis of the Polnische Wehrmacht)	Eastern Front	Rarańcza, Kaniów (both against the Central Powers)


Formation name	Date formed	Date formation ceased to exist	Locations served	Notable campaigns	Notes	Source(s)
Polnische Wehrmacht	10 April 1917	11 November 1918	N/A	N/A	The Oath crisis happened in July 1917, as a result of which it only remained as a rump unit. After the declaration of Polish independence of 11 November 1918, the units of the Polnische Wehrmacht became the basis of the Polish Army.

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