1st Polish Army

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Polish military unit World War II military formation field army

The 1st Polish Army was a major World War II field formation of Polish forces fighting alongside the Soviet Red Army on the Eastern Front.

Aliases (3)

1st Polish Army (People’s Army of Poland) ×1
1st Polish People's Army ×1
Pierwsza Armia Wojska Polskiego ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Polish military unit → World War II military formation → field army →
allegiance	Polish Committee of National Liberation → Soviet Union →
alsoKnownAs	1st Polish People's Army → Pierwsza Armia Wojska Polskiego →
conflict	World War II →
country	Poland →
disbandedIn	1945 →
engagedInBattle	Battle of Berlin → Battle of Kolberg (1945) → Battle of Lenino → Battle of Warsaw (1944–1945 eastern bank operations) → Lublin–Brest Offensive → Pomeranian Wall battles → Vistula–Oder Offensive → Warsaw–Praga offensive →
flag	flag of the Polish Armed Forces in the East →
formedIn	1944 →
garrisonAfterWar	territory of postwar Poland →
ideologicalOrientation	pro-Soviet →
includedUnitType	air defence units → armoured brigades → artillery units → engineer units → infantry divisions →
language	Polish →
notableCommander	Stanisław Popławski → Władysław Korczyc → Zygmunt Berling →
notableFor	fighting alongside the Soviet Red Army → participation in the Battle of Berlin →
operatedIn	Eastern Front →
partOf	Ludowe Wojsko Polskie → Polish Armed Forces in the East →
precededBy	1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division →
recruitedFrom	Polish citizens in the Soviet Union → liberated areas of Poland →
role	offensive operations on the Eastern Front →
size	approximately 100000 personnel at peak strength →
subordinateTo	1st Belorussian Front → Soviet Red Army →
theaterOfOperations	Eastern Germany including Berlin → Germany → Poland →
tookPartIn	capture of Berlin → crossing of the Oder River →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1st Polish Army ("Pierwsza Armia Wojska Polskiego") → 1st Polish Army ("1st Polish People's Army") →	alsoKnownAs
Battle of Kolberg (1945) →	involvedUnit
Warsaw–Praga offensive →	militaryUnit
East Pomeranian Offensive →	militaryUnitInvolved
Polish Armed Forces in the East →	notableUnit
Battle of Lenino ("1st Polish Army (People’s Army of Poland)") →	relatedTo