Polish Armed Forces in the East

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World War II military unit armed forces military formation

The Polish Armed Forces in the East were Polish military units formed under Soviet auspices during World War II that fought alongside the Red Army against Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.

Aliases (2)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II military unit → armed forces → military formation →
allegiance	Polish Committee of National Liberation → Soviet Union →
alsoKnownAs	Ludowe Wojsko Polskie → Polish People’s Army (in the East phase) →
collaboratedWith	Red Army →
commandLanguage	Polish →
conflict	World War II →
country	Poland →
endTime	1945 →
engagedInBattle	Battle of Berlin → Battle of Lenino → Vistula–Oder Offensive →
formedAsCounterpartTo	Polish Armed Forces in the West →
formedUnderAuspicesOf	Soviet Union →
foughtAlongside	Red Army →
garrisonLocation	Soviet Union →
headquartersLocation	Moscow → Sielce near Ryazan →
historicalPeriod	World War II →
historicalRegion	Eastern Europe →
ideologicalAlignment	pro-Soviet →
influencedBy	Soviet military doctrine →
language	Polish →
militaryBranch	army →
notableUnit	1st Polish Army → 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division → 2nd Polish Army →
operatedIn	Eastern Front →
opponent	Nazi Germany →
partOf	Polish People’s Army →
politicalSupervisionBy	Polish communists → Soviet authorities →
primaryEnemy	SS → Wehrmacht →
primaryRole	ground forces →
recruitmentBase	Polish citizens in Soviet-controlled territory → Polish deportees in the USSR →
startTime	1943 →
subordinateTo	Soviet High Command →
successor	Polish People’s Army →
theaterOfOperations	Eastern Front of World War II →
tookPartIn	liberation of Polish territories from German occupation → occupation of parts of Germany after World War II →
usedEquipmentFrom	Soviet Union →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1st Polish Army → 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division → 2nd Polish Army →	partOf
Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade ("Polish Armed Forces in the West") →	allegiance
Free French Forces ("Polish Armed Forces in the West") →	alliedWith
Sielce near Ryazan →	associatedWith
Eastern Front (World War II) →	belligerent
Polish Armed Forces in the East ("Polish Armed Forces in the West") →	formedAsCounterpartTo
Zygmunt Berling →	militaryBranch
Władysław Anders ("organization of the Polish Army in the USSR (Anders' Army)") →	notableEvent
Polish People’s Army →	precededBy
LWP →	predecessor
Sielce near Ryazan →	usedBy