5th Kresowa Infantry Division

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Polish Armed Forces in the West unit infantry division military unit

The 5th Kresowa Infantry Division was a Polish World War II formation composed largely of soldiers from the eastern borderlands, noted for its service in the Italian Campaign, including the Battle of Monte Cassino.

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Label Occurrences
5th Kresowa Artillery Regiment 1
5th Kresowa Infantry Division canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish Armed Forces in the West unit ⓘ
infantry division ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance Polish government-in-exile ⓘ
alliedWith Allied forces ⓘ
British Eighth Army ⓘ
associatedWith Anders Army ⓘ
Polish diaspora in the United Kingdom ⓘ
branch Polish Army ⓘ
commander Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko ⓘ
surface form: Zygmunt Szyszko-Bohusz
composition Polish soldiers deported from Soviet-occupied territories ⓘ
soldiers from Kresy (eastern borderlands) ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
disbandedIn late 1940s ⓘ
formedIn 1943 ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
garrisonAfterWar United Kingdom ⓘ
honours Monte Cassino battle honours ⓘ
language Polish ⓘ
mottoLanguage Polish ⓘ
namedAfter Kresy ⓘ
surface form: Kresy region
nickname Kresowa ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Ancona ⓘ
Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ
Gothic Line ⓘ
notedFor heavy casualties at Monte Cassino ⓘ
high combat effectiveness ⓘ
operatedIn Italy ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
opponent Nazi Germany ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
parentFormation Polish Armed Forces in the West ⓘ
partOf Polish II Corps ⓘ
surface form: II Polish Corps
raisedFrom Polish eastern borderlands population ⓘ
subunit 13th Wilno Rifle Brigade ⓘ
14th Wielkopolska Rifle Brigade ⓘ
15th Poznań Rifle Brigade ⓘ
5th Kresowa Infantry Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 5th Kresowa Artillery Regiment

5th Kresowa Reconnaissance Regiment ⓘ
engineer units ⓘ
logistics units ⓘ
medical units ⓘ
signals units ⓘ
theatre Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Italian Campaign
type infantry ⓘ
usedEquipmentFrom Allied supplies ⓘ
British Army ⓘ

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Polish II Corps → subordinateUnit → 5th Kresowa Infantry Division ⓘ
5th Kresowa Infantry Division → subunit → 5th Kresowa Infantry Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 5th Kresowa Artillery Regiment