2nd Polish Army

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Polish Armed Forces in the East formation field army military unit

The 2nd Polish Army was a major World War II field formation of the Polish Armed Forces in the East that fought alongside the Soviet Red Army on the Eastern Front.

Aliases (2)

Polish Second Army ×3
Druga Armia Wojska Polskiego ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Polish Armed Forces in the East formation → field army → military unit →
alliance	Allies of World War II →
alliedWith	Soviet Union →
alsoKnownAs	Druga Armia Wojska Polskiego →
branch	Land forces →
casualties	heavy losses at the Battle of Bautzen →
commander	Karol Świerczewski → Stanisław Popławski →
component	armored units → artillery units → engineer units → infantry divisions → support units →
conflict	World War II →
country	Poland →
disbandedIn	1945 →
engagement	Battle of Bautzen → Berlin Offensive → Prague Offensive →
formedIn	1944 →
garrisonDuringFormation	Soviet Union rear areas →
historicalRole	helped establish communist-controlled armed forces in postwar Poland →
ideologicalAlignment	pro-Soviet →
language	Polish →
loyalty	Polish Committee of National Liberation → Provisional Government of National Unity →
nationalityOfPersonnel	predominantly Polish →
notableCommander	Karol Świerczewski → Stanisław Popławski →
notableOperationCharacteristic	close operational integration with Red Army commands →
operatedWith	Red Army →
partOf	Polish Armed Forces in the East →
politicalControl	Polish Workers' Party influence →
primaryOpponent	Nazi Germany →
recruitmentBase	Polish citizens from Soviet-controlled territories → Polish communists → former Polish prisoners of war in the USSR →
role	offensive ground operations against German forces →
size	several hundred thousand soldiers →
subordinateTo	1st Belorussian Front → 2nd Ukrainian Front →
successor	postwar Polish People's Army field formations →
theaterOfOperations	Eastern Front →
typeOfForces	combined arms →
usedEquipmentFrom	Soviet Union →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2nd Polish Army ("Druga Armia Wojska Polskiego") →	alsoKnownAs
Battle of Berlin ("Polish Second Army") →	belligerent
Polish Armed Forces in the East →	notableUnit
Wojciech Jaruzelski ("Polish Second Army") →	servedIn
East Prussian Offensive ("Polish Second Army") →	supportedBy