1st Polish Army

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish military unit
World War II military formation
field army
allegiance Polish Committee of National Liberation
Soviet Union
alsoKnownAs 1st Polish Army
surface form: 1st Polish People's Army

1st Polish Army
surface form: Pierwsza Armia Wojska Polskiego
conflict World War II
country Poland
disbandedIn 1945
engagedInBattle Battle of Berlin
Battle of Kolberg (1945)
Battle of Lenino
Warsaw–Praga offensive
surface form: 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 Polish People’s Army
surface form: 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
Red Army
surface form: Soviet Red Army
theaterOfOperations Eastern Germany including Berlin
Germany
Poland
tookPartIn capture of Berlin
crossing of the Oder River

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1st Polish Army alsoKnownAs 1st Polish Army
this entity surface form: Pierwsza Armia Wojska Polskiego
1st Polish Army alsoKnownAs 1st Polish Army
this entity surface form: 1st Polish People's Army
Battle of Lenino relatedTo 1st Polish Army
this entity surface form: 1st Polish Army (People’s Army of Poland)
Battle of Kolberg (1945) involvedUnit 1st Polish Army
Warsaw–Praga offensive militaryUnit 1st Polish Army
Moravian–Ostrava offensive involvedUnit 1st Polish Army
this entity surface form: Polish 1st Army