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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Polish Second Army	6
2nd Polish Army canonical	1
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	2nd Polish Army ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Battle of Berlin ⓘ surface form: 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 (Poland) ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front ⓘ surface form: 2nd Ukrainian Front
successor	postwar Polish People's Army field formations ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Eastern Front ⓘ
typeOfForces	combined arms ⓘ
usedEquipmentFrom	Soviet Union ⓘ