Polish Legions Explained

Polish Legions (Polish: Legiony Polskie|links=no) may refer to, in chronological order:

Before World War I

• Polish Legions (Napoleonic era), created by Henryk Dąbrowski during the Napoleonic Wars
  • Danube Legion
  • Legion of the Vistula
• Polish Legion in Portugal, created in 1828 during Liberal Wars
• Polish Legion in Hungary, created in 1848 during Hungarian Revolution of 1848
• Mickiewicz's Legion, formed by Adam Mickiewicz in Rome in 1848
• Polish Legion in Turkey, formed under Józef Jagmin in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
• 58th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, a.k.a. the Polish Legion, commanded in the U.S. Civil War by Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski

World War I and aftermath

See main article: Polish Legions in World War I, List of Polish divisions in World War I and Polish Armed Forces in the East (1914–20).

• Polska Siła Zbrojna
• Blue Army (Poland)
• Polish 1st Legions Infantry Division
• Polish 2nd Legions' Infantry Regiment
• Polish 3rd Legions Infantry Division
• Polish Legion in Finland

See also

• Polish Armed Forces in the East
• Polish Armed Forces in the West
• Union of Active Struggle
• Riflemen's Association
• Polish Rifle Squads
• Polish Military Organisation
• First Cadre Company
• Polish Military Organization of Upper Silesia
• Legion (disambiguation)