See 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 | align=center bgcolor=Green | Green | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formed in France during World War I (the Blue Army of Gen. Haller) | align=center bgcolor=#4682b4 | Blue |
| (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) | ||
| width=10 bgcolor=Green | 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 | |
| width=10 bgcolor=Green | 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) |
| Date formed | Date formation ceased to exist | Unit's insignia | Locations served | Notable campaigns | Notes | Source(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polish Legion in Finland | Finland | n/a | ||||||
| I Polish Corps in Russia | 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 | 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 | southern Russia | |||||||
| 5th Polish Rifle Division | Siberia | |||||||
| 1st Lithuanian–Belarusian Division | 1919 | 1921 | ||||||
| 2nd Lithuanian–Belarusian Division | July 1919 | 1920 | ||||||
| Polish Light Brigade (Brygada Lekka) |
| Date formed | Date formation ceased to exist | Divisional insignia | Locations served | Notable battles | Source(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Brigade, Polish Legions | Eastern Front | Łowczówek, Konary, Jastków, Kostiuchnówka | |||||
| 2nd Brigade, Polish Legions | (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 | Eastern Front | Battle of Britain, The Blitz | |||||
| Polish Auxiliary Corps | (formed the basis of the Polnische Wehrmacht) | Eastern Front | Rarańcza, Kaniów (both against the Central Powers) |
| Date formed | Date formation ceased to exist | Locations served | Notable campaigns | Notes | Source(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polnische Wehrmacht | 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. |