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List of Polish armies in World War II

The following is a list of Polish Armies during the World War II, together with their commanders and brigade and division-sized units. For a more detailed list see: Polish army order of battle in 1939.
Key
Formed before the warBlue
Formed during the war in PolandGreen
Formed in exile at later stages of the warRed
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Placement of divisions on September 1, 1939

 Karpaty Army (Armia Karpaty)
Kazimierz Fabrycy
2nd and 3rd Mountain Bdes, 38th Inf.Div
 Kraków Army (Armia Kraków)
Antoni Szylling
6th, 7th, 21st Mountain, 22nd Mountain, 23rd, 55th Infantry Divisions, 10th Mot., Kraków Cav.Bde., 1st Mountain
 Łódź Army (Armia Łódź)
Juliusz Rómmel, Wiktor Thommée
2nd Legions, 10th, 18th, 30th Infantry Divisions, Wołyńska and Kresowa Cavalry Brigades
 Modlin Army (Armia Modlin)
Emil Krukowicz-Przedrzymirski
8th and 20th Infantry Divisions, Mazowiecka and Nowogródzka Cavalry Brigades, Warsaw BON
 Pomorze Army (Armia Pomorze)
Władysław Bortnowski
4th, 9th, 15th, 16th and 27th Infantry Divisions, Pomorska Cavalry Brigade, Pomorze and Chełm National Defence Bdes, Wisła Independent Unit
 Poznań Army (Armia Poznań)
Tadeusz Kutrzeba
14th, 17th, 25th and 26th Inf.Div., Podolska and Wielkopolska Cav.Bdes, Poznań and Kalisz National Defence Bdes
 Prusy Army (Armia Prusy)
Stefan Dąb-Biernacki
3rd Legions, 12th, 13th, 19th, 29th and 36th Inf.Div, Wileńska Cavalry Brigade
 Lublin Army (Armia Lublin)
Tadeusz Piskor
39th Inf.Div., Motorised Bde, Sandomierz Group, Komorowski's Cavalry Group
 Małopolska Army (Armia Małopolska)
Kazimierz Fabrycy
See:Karpaty Army above
 Warszawa Army (Armia Warszawa)
Juliusz Rómmel, Walerian Czuma, Wiktor Thommée
 Polish Army in France (Armia Polska we Francji)
Władysław Sikorski
1st Grenadier, 2nd Rifle, 10th Armoured Brigade Bde
 Polish I Corps in the West (1 Korpus Wojska Polskiego)
Stanisław Maczek
1st Armoured Division, 1st Para Brigade
 Polish II Corps (2 Korpus Wojska Polskiego)
Władysław Anders
3rd and 5th Infantry Divisions, 2nd Armoured Division
 Polish First Army (1 Armia Wojska Polskiego)
Zygmunt Berling
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th Infantry Divisions, Armoured Bde, Cavalry Bde
 Polish Second Army (2 Armia Wojska Polskiego)
Karol Świerczewski
5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Inf. Divs, 16th Armoured Bde

See also

* List of Polish divisions in WWII
* Polish army order of battle in 1939
* Polish contribution to WWII



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