This is a list of Polish divisions in World War II. In contrast to Wikipedia's reasonably complete descriptions of U.S., British, and German divisions, only some Polish divisions have articles here, mostly because the detailed histories have either not been translated from Polish or have not been fully released from the official archives. (See Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias).

Polish Armies in 1939

• Armia Prusy
  Prusy Army
  The Prusy Army was one of the Polish armies to fight during the Invasion of Poland in 1939. Created in the summer of 1939 as the main reserve of the Commander in Chief, it was commanded by Gen. Stefan Dąb-Biernacki. One of the meanings of Prusy in Polish is Prussia, but this name only served as a...
  
  
• Armia Pomorze
  Pomorze Army
  The Pomeranian Army was one of the Polish armies to take part in the Polish Defensive War of 1939. It was officially created on March 23, 1939. Led by Gen.dyw...
  
  
• Armia Poznań
• Armia Łódź
• Armia Lublin
• Armia Kraków
  Kraków Army
  Kraków Army was one of the Polish armies to take part in the Polish Defensive War of 1939. It was officially created on March 23, 1939 as the main pivot of Polish defence. It was commanded by Gen...
  
  
• Armia Karpaty
• Armia Modlin
• Armia Warszawa
• Armia Małopolska
• Independent Operational Group Polesie
  Independent Operational Group Polesie
  Independent Operational Group Polesie was one of the Polish Army Corps that defended Poland during the Invasion of Poland in 1939. It was created on 11 September 1939 and was commanded by general Franciszek Kleeberg...
  
  
• Independent Operational Group Narew
  Independent Operational Group Narew
  Independent Operational Group Narew was one of the Polish Army Corps that defended Poland during the Invasion of Poland in 1939...
  
  

Polish divisions in September 1939 Campaign

• 1st Legions Infantry Division (Poland)1st Legions Infantry Division of Józef Piłsudski - Brig. Gen. Wincenty Kowalski
  Wincenty Kowalski
  Wincenty Kowalski was a Polish military commander and a general of the Polish Army. A veteran of both the World War I and World War II, he fought in all the inter-war conflicts of Poland...
  
  
• Polish Legions 2nd Infantry Division - Col. Edward Dojan-Surówka, after September 8, 1939 col. Antoni Staich
• Polish Legions 3rd Infantry Division - Col. Marian Turowski
• 4th Infantry Division
  4th Infantry Division (Poland)
  The Polish 4th Infantry Division was created following Polish independence after the end of World War I. The division participated in the Polish-Ukrainian War in 1919...
  
   - Col. Tadeusz Lubicz-Niezabitowski, after September 4, 1939 Col. Mieczysław Rawicz-Mysłowski, after September 12 Col. Józef Werobej
• Polish 5th Infantry Division
  Polish 5th Infantry Division
  5th Lwów Infantry Division was a unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period, with headquarters stationed in Lwów. It was created on May 20, 1919, during the Polish-Ukrainian War in Eastern Galicia. Originally, it consisted of three infantry regiments, but later it was strengthened with...
  
   - Gen. Juliusz Zulauf
  Juliusz Zulauf
  Juliusz Zulauf was a Polish Army major general . A recipient of the Virtuti Militari, he fought with distinction during World War I, the Polish-Ukrainian War, the Polish-Soviet War, and the 1939 invasion of Poland.Juliusz Zulauf was born in Lwów, then the capital of Austro-Hungarian Galicia...
  
  
• 6th Infantry Division
  6th Infantry Division (Poland)
  Polish 6th Infantry Division was a unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period, which took part in the Polish September Campaign. The Division was created on May 9, 1919 in the area around Krakow, its first commandant was Colonel Ignacy Pick....
  
   - Gen. Bernard Mond
  Bernard Mond
  Bernard Stanisław Mond , son of Maurycy and Salomea Spanier, was a Jewish general of Polish Army in the interwar period. He fought in First World War, Polish-Ukrainian War, Polish-Soviet War and Second World War.In November 1918 he commanded the "Citadel" section during the defence of Lwów...
  
  
• 7th Infantry Division - Brig. Gen. Janusz Gąsiorowski
• 8th Infantry Division - Col. Tadeusz Wyrwa-Furgalski
• 9th Infantry Division
  9th Infantry Division (Poland) (interwar)
  The 9th Infantry Division was a unit of the Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic. The division was originally formed in 1919. Stationed in Siedlce, it took part in the Polish September Campaign under Colonel Józef Werobej....
  
   - Col. Józef Werobej
• 10th Infantry Division
  10th Infantry Division (Poland)
  10th Infantry Division was a unit of the Polish Army during the interbellum period, which took part in the 1939 German Invasion of Poland. It was created in 1919 from the former Polish 4th Rifle Division. Stationed in Lodz and commanded in 1939 by General Franciszek Dindorf-Ankowicz, it was part...
  
   - Gen. Franciszek Dindorf-Ankowicz
• Polish 11th Carpathian Infantry Division - Col. Bronisław Prugar-Ketling
• Polish 12th Infantry Division
  Polish 12th Infantry Division
  Polish 12th Kresy Infantry Division , was a tactical unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period, which was stationed in Tarnopol...
  
   - Gen. Gustaw Paszkiewicz
• Polish 13th Infantry Division
  Polish 13th Infantry Division
  13th Kresy Infantry Division was a unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period. Its origins go back to the World War I, when in June 1918 the 1st Division Division of Polish Rifles was formed in the French town of Villeres-Marmery...
  
   - Col. Władysław Zubosz-Kaliński
• 14th Infantry Division
  14th Infantry Division (Poland)
  14 Greater Poland Infantry Division was a unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period, which took part in the Polish September Campaign....
  
   - Gen. Franciszek Wład
  Franciszek Wład
  Franciszek Sewerin Wład was a Polish brigadier general. From 1930 until the German invasion of Poland, he commanded the 14th Infantry Division and died in the battle of Bzura on 18 September....
  
  
• Polish 15th Infantry Division
  Polish 15th Infantry Division
  Polish 15th Infantry Division can refer to:*Polish 15th "Greater Poland" Infantry Division , Wielkopolska*Polish 15th Infantry Division, formed in 1945, in 1955 transformed into Polish 15th Mechanized Division...
  
   - Gen. Wacław Przyjałkowski
• Polish 16th Pomeranian Infantry Division - Col. Stanisław Świtalski, after September 2, 1939 Col. Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko
  Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko
  Zygmunt Piotr Bohusz-Szyszko was a Polish general. During World War I he served in the Imperial Russian army....
  
  
• Polish 17th Infantry Division
  Polish 17th Infantry Division
  17 Greater Poland Infantry Division was a unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period. It was garrisoned in Gniezno and neighboring towns, such as Pleszew and Września. The unit was formed on June 9, 1919, as 3rd Division of Greater Poland Rifles...
  
   - Col. Mieczysław Stanisław Mozdyniewicz
• Polish 18th Infantry Division - Col. Stefan Kossecki
• Polish 19th Infantry Division
  Polish 19th Infantry Division
  Polish 19th Infantry Division was formed from parts of the 1st Lithuanian-Belarusian Infantry Division in 1923. At that time it was commanded for several years by gen. Walerian Czuma and stationed in Wilno....
  
   - Gen. Józef Kwaciszewski
• Polish 20th Infantry Division - Col. Wilhelm Liszka-Lawicz
• Polish 21st Mountain Infantry Division
  Polish 21st Mountain Infantry Division
  The 21st Mountain Infantry Division was a pre-war unit of the Polish Army. It was one of two mountain infantry divisions of Poland to take part in the Polish Defensive War of 1939. Currently its traditions are continued by Polish 21st Podhale Rifles Brigade. Until 1939 the unit was commanded by...
  
   - Gen. Józef Kustroń
  Józef Kustroń
  Józef Rudolf Kustroń was a Brigadier General of the Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic, commandant of the 21st Mountain Infantry Division.-Early life:Kustroń spent his childhood in the southern town of Nowy Sącz, where his family had settled...
  
  
• Polish 22nd Mountain Infantry Division
  Polish 22nd Mountain Infantry Division
  The 22nd Mountain Infantry Division was a pre-war unit of the Polish Army. It was one of two mountain infantry divisions of Poland to take part in the Polish Defensive War of 1939. Currently its traditions are continued by the 21st Podhale Rifles Brigade. Until 1939 the unit was commanded by Col...
  
   - Col. Leopold Engel-Ragis
• Polish 23rd Infantry Division - Col. Władysław Powierza
• Polish 24th Infantry Division - Col. Aleksander Krzyżanowski
  Aleksander Krzyzanowski
  Aleksander "Wilk" Krzyżanowski was a Polish officer, major, member of the Polish resistance movement in World War II and Commandant of the Armia Krajowa in the Vilnius Region.- Biography :...
  
  , after September 8, 1939 Col. Bolesław Schwarzenberg-Czerny
• Polish 25th Infantry Division
  Polish 25th Infantry Division
  The 25th Infantry Division was a unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period, created in 1921 with headquarters in Kalisz...
  
   - Gen. Franciszek Alter
  Franciszek Alter
  Franciszek Alter was a Polish general.-Career:Franciszek Alter began his career as an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army, reaching the rank of captain. He fought in the Polish Army during the Polish-Soviet War. He was promoted to general in March 1939...
  
  
• Polish 26th Infantry Division
  Polish 26th Infantry Division
  The Polish 26th Infantry Division was a unit of the Polish Army, which took part in the Polish September Campaign. It was formed as 4th Infantry Division in southern Poland in April 1919. Its regiments originally stationed in such towns as Cieszyn, Jarosław and Przemyśl.In 1921, the Division was...
  
   - Col. Adam Brzechwa-Ajdukiewicz
• Polish 27th Infantry Division - Gen. Juliusz Drapella
• Polish 28th Infantry Division
  Polish 28th Infantry Division
  The 28 Dywizja Piechoty was a Polish Army infantry division which saw action against the invading Germans during the Invasion of Poland of World War II. The division suffered heavy casualties in battles near Łódź and the remnants retreated to Warsaw, where they surrendered.-Order of battle:*HQ...
  
   - Gen. Władysław Bończa-Uzdowski
• Polish 29th Infantry Division
  Polish 29th Infantry Division
  29th Grodno Infantry Division was a unit of the Polish Army during the interbellum period. It was created in early 1920s, after the army of Republic of Central Lithuania was absorbed by the Polish Army. The newly created unit took over regiments that had been part of 1st Lithuanian-Belarusian...
  
   - Col. Ignacy Oziewicz
  Ignacy Oziewicz
  Ignacy Oziewicz was a Polish military general. During the First World War, he served in the Russian Tsarist army in various NCO and officers' posts. In 1919, he joined the Polish Army....
  
  
• Polish 30th Infantry Division
  Polish 30th Infantry Division
  The 30th Polesie Infantry Division , was a unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period. It was stationed in Kobryn, as well as other towns of the Polesie Voivodeship - Brzesc nad Bugiem and Pinsk...
  
   - Gen. Leopold Cehak
• Polish 33rd Infantry Division - Col. Tadeusz Kalina-Zieleniewski
• Polish 35th Infantry Division - Col. Jarosław Szafran
• Polish 36th Infantry Division
  Polish 36th Infantry Division
  The 36th Reserve Infantry Division was a unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period, which took part in the Polish September Campaign....
  
   - Col. Michał Ostrowski
• Polish 38th Infantry Division
  Polish 38th Infantry Division
  The 38th Infantry Division was a unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period . It was created by merging several units of the Border Defence Corps, and its purpose was to support activities of Army Kraków and Army Karpaty, which guarded southern border of Poland...
  
   - Col. Alojzy Wir-Konas
  Alojzy Wir-Konas
  Alojzy Wir-Konas was a Polish military commander and a Colonel of the Polish Army. Divisional commander during the Invasion of Poland, he was murdered in the Katyn massacre....
  
  
• Polish 39th Infantry Division
  Polish 39th Infantry Division
  The Polish 39th Infantry Division was a reserve unit of the Polish Army, which took part in the Polish September Campaign. Commanded by General Brunon Olbrycht, it was part of the Prusy Army and was concentrated in the area of the Holy Cross Mountains....
  
   - Gen. Brunon Olbrycht
• Polish 41st Infantry Division - Gen. Wacław Piekarski
• Polish 44th Infantry Division
  Polish 44th Infantry Division
  The Polish 44th Infantry Division was a reserve unit of the Polish Army, which took part in the Polish September Campaign. Commanded by Colonel Eugeniusz Zongollowicz, it was concentrated in Łowicz and Piotrków Trybunalski, at the rear of the Łódź Army. However, due to speed of the Wehrmacht...
  
   - Col. Eugeniusz Żongołłowicz
• Polish 45th Infantry Division - Gen. Henryk Krok-Paszkowski
• Polish 50th Infantry Division „Brzoza” - Col. Ottokar Brzoza-Brzezina
• Polish 55th Infantry Division - Col. Stanisław Kalabiński
• Polish 60th Infantry Division 'Kobryń' - Col. Adam Epler

• Polish Cavalry Division 'Zaza' - Brig. Gen. Zygmunt Podhorski

Polish divisions in France 1939-1940

• Polish 1st Grenadier Division
  Polish 1st Grenadiers Division
  The 1st Grenadier Division was a Polish infantry formation raised in France during the early stages of World War II...
  
   - Gen. Bronisław Duch
• Polish 2nd Rifle Division - Gen. Bronisław Prugar-Ketling
• Polish 3rd Infantry Division - Gen. Rudolf Dreszer
• Polish 4th Infantry Division - Col. Tadeusz Kalina-Zieleniewski
• Polish Independent Highland Brigade
  Polish Independent Highland Brigade
  The Polish Independent Highland Brigade was a Polish military unit created in France in 1939, after the fall of Poland, as part of the Polish Army in France. It had approximately 5,000 soldiers trained in mountain warfare and was commanded by General Zygmunt Szyszko-Bohusz...
  
   - Gen. Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko
  Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko
  Zygmunt Piotr Bohusz-Szyszko was a Polish general. During World War I he served in the Imperial Russian army....
  
  
• Polish 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade
  Polish 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade
  The Polish 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade was an armoured formation of the Polish Armed Forces in the West...
  
   (10éme Brigade de cavalerie motorisée) - Gen. Stanisław Maczek
• Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade
  Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade
  Polish Independent Carpathian Brigade was a Polish military unit formed in 1940 in French Syria composed of the Polish soldiers exiled after the Invasion of Poland in 1939 as part of the Polish Army in France...
  
   - Gen. Stanisław Kopański

Polish divisions & brigades on the Western fronts

• Polish I Corps
  Polish I Corps in the West
  The Polish I Corps was a tactical unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II.-Formation:It was formed in the United Kingdom on 28 September 1940. It was subordinate to the Scottish Command, and the Corps HQ was located in Edinburgh...
  
  
  • Polish 1st Armoured Division
    Polish 1st Armoured Division
    The Polish 1st Armoured Division was an Allied military unit during World War II, created in February 1942 at Duns in Scotland. At its peak it numbered approximately 16,000 soldiers...
    
    
  • Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade
    Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade
    The 1st Independent Parachute Brigade was a parachute brigade under command of Maj.Gen. Stanisław Sosabowski, created in Scotland in September 1941, with the exclusive mission to drop into occupied Poland in order to help liberate the country. The British government, however, pressured the Polish...
    
    
• Polish II Corps
  Polish II Corps
  Polish II Corps , 1943–1947, was a major tactical and operational unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II. It was commanded by Lieutenant General Władysław Anders and by the end of 1945 it had grown to well over 100,000 soldiers....
  
  
  • Polish 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division
    Polish 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division
    The Polish 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division , also commonly known as Christmas Tree Division due to the characteristic emblem, was an Allied unit fighting during World War II on the Italian Front...
    
    
  • Polish 5th Kresowa Infantry Division
  • Polish 2nd Armoured Brigade
    Polish 2nd Armoured Brigade
    2nd Armoured Brigade was a unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the West that existed from 1942 to 1945. From 1945 to 1947 it was redesignated as the 2nd Warsaw Armoured Division. The unit was the armoured wing of the 2nd Corps.-Headquarters:General officer commanding:Brig...
    
    

Polish divisions on the Eastern Fronts

• 1st Polish Army
  First Polish Army (1944-1945)
  The Polish First Army was a Polish Army unit formed in the Soviet Union in 1944, from the previously existing Polish I Corps as part of the People's Army of Poland . The First Army fought westward, subordinated to the Soviet 1st Belorussian Front, during the offensive against Germany that led to...
  
  
  • Polish 1st Tadeusz Kosciuszko Infantry Division
  • Polish 2nd Infantry Division
  • Polish 3rd Infantry Division
  • Polish 4th Infantry Division
  • Polish 6th Infantry Division
  • Polish 1st Armoured Brigade "Westerplatte Heroes"
  • Polish 1st Warsaw Cavalry Brigade
  • in addition:
    • Army artillery: 5 Artillery Brigades (1-5), 1st AA-Artillery Division, 1st mortar regiment
    • 1st Engineering Brigade
    • 4th independent heavy tank
      Tank
      A tank is a tracked, armoured fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat which combines operational mobility, tactical offensive, and defensive capabilities...
      
       regiment
    • 13th SP-artillery regiment (SU-85
      SU-85
      The SU-85 was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during World War II, based on the chassis of the T-34 medium tank. Earlier Soviet self-propelled guns were meant to serve as either assault guns, such as the SU-122, or as mobile anti-tank weapons; the SU-85 fell into the latter category...
      
       and ISU-152
      ISU-152
      ISU-152 was a Soviet multirole fully enclosed and armored self-propelled gun developed and used during World War II, with a subsequent use, mainly in the Soviet military, till the 1970s.-History:...
      
      )

• Polish Second Army
  Polish Second Army
  The Polish Second Army was a Polish Army unit formed in the Soviet Union in 1944 as part of the People's Army of Poland. The organization begun in August under the command of generals Karol Świerczewski and Stanislav Poplavsky, and the formation under command of general Świerczewski entered active...
  
  
  • Polish 5th Infantry Division
    Polish 5th Infantry Division
    5th Lwów Infantry Division was a unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period, with headquarters stationed in Lwów. It was created on May 20, 1919, during the Polish-Ukrainian War in Eastern Galicia. Originally, it consisted of three infantry regiments, but later it was strengthened with...
    
    
  • Polish 7th Infantry Division
    Polish 7th Infantry Division
    The 7th Infantry Division was the name of several units of the Polish Army.The original division was formed in 1918 and took part in shielding the Polish borders during the Polish-Ukrainian War. During the Polish-Bolshevik War it was commanded by Col. Szubert and reinforced to three brigades...
    
    
  • Polish 8th Infantry Division
    Polish 8th Infantry Division
    The 8th Infantry Division was a tactical unit of the Polish Army. It was active in the Polish-Bolshevik War, as well as during the Invasion of Poland in 1939...
    
    
  • Polish 9th Infantry Division
  • Polish 10th Infantry Division
  • 16th Armoured Brigade,
  • 2nd Artillery Division, 3rd AA-artillery Division, 3rd indep. mortar regiment
  • 3 AT-artillery brigades (nos.9,11,14)
  • 2nd Sapper Brigade
  • 4th independent heavy tank regiment
  • 28th SP-artillery regiment (21 x SU-85
    SU-85
    The SU-85 was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during World War II, based on the chassis of the T-34 medium tank. Earlier Soviet self-propelled guns were meant to serve as either assault guns, such as the SU-122, or as mobile anti-tank weapons; the SU-85 fell into the latter category...
    
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• 1st Armoured Corps: 3 armoured brigades, 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade - details below. Subordinated to the 2nd Army.
  • 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade (Polish)(East)
  • 2nd Armoured Brigade (2. Brygada Pancerna) - (65 x T-34/85)
  • 3rd Armoured Brigade
  • 4th Armoured Brigade
  • 24th SP-artillery regiment (21 x SU-85)
  • 25th SP-artillery regiment (21 x ISU-122)
  • 27th SP-artillery regiment (21 x SU-76M)
  • 2nd mortar regiment
  • 26th AA-artillery regiment
  • Rocket artillery battalion

Polish divisions of the underground armies

• Armia Krajowa
  Armia Krajowa
  The Armia Krajowa , or Home Army, was the dominant Polish resistance movement in World War II German-occupied Poland. It was formed in February 1942 from the Związek Walki Zbrojnej . Over the next two years, it absorbed most other Polish underground forces...
  
   - brigade or division-sized units only
  • Polish 2nd Home Army Infantry Division (Kielce
    Kielce
    Kielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...
    
    -Radom
    Radom
    Radom is a city in central Poland with 223,397 inhabitants . It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship , having previously been the capital of Radom Voivodeship ; 100 km south of Poland's capital, Warsaw.It is home to the biennial Radom Air Show, the largest and...
    
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  • Polish 8th Home Army Infantry Division
    Polish 8th Infantry Division
    The 8th Infantry Division was a tactical unit of the Polish Army. It was active in the Polish-Bolshevik War, as well as during the Invasion of Poland in 1939...
    
     (Warsaw Uprising
    Warsaw Uprising
    The Warsaw Uprising was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance Home Army , to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany. The rebellion was timed to coincide with the Soviet Union's Red Army approaching the eastern suburbs of the city and the retreat of German forces...
    
    )
  • Polish 19th Home Army Infantry Division (Wilno)
  • Polish 27th Home Army Infantry Division
    Polish 27th Home Army Infantry Division
    27 Volhynian Infantry Division was the World War II Polish Armia Krajowa unit fighting in 1944 in Volhynia region. It was recreated on January 15, 1944 from smaller partisan units of self-defence during the Volhynia massacre and was patterned after the prewar Polish 27th Infantry Division.-...
    
     (Wołyń)
  • Polish Cracovian Home Army Infantry Division
  • Polish Cracovian Home Army Cavalry Brigade
• Narodowe Siły Zbrojne