This is a list of Polish divisions in WWII.

Polish Armies and Army Corps

• Armia Pomorze
• Armia Poznan
• Armia Lodz
• Armia Lublin
• Armia Krakow
• Armia Karpaty
• Armia Modlin
• Armia Warszawa

• SGO Polesie

Polish divisions in September 1939 Campaign

• Polish Legions 1st Infantry Division of Józef Piłsudski - brig.gen. Wincenty Kowalski
• Polish Legions 2nd Infantry Division - col. Edward Dojan-Surówka , after september 8 1939 col. Antoni Staich
• Polish Legions 3rd Infantry Division - col. Marian Turowski
• Polish 4th Infantry Division - col. Tadeusz Lubicz-Niezabitowski , after september 4 1939 col. Mieczysław Rawicz-Mysłowski , after september 12 col. Józef Werobej
• Polish 5th Infantry Division - gen. Juliusz Zulauf
• Polish 6th Infantry Division - gen. Bernard Mond
• Polish 7th Infantry Division - brig.gen. Janusz Gąsiorowski
• Polish 8th Infantry Division - col. Tadeusz Wyrwa-Furgalski
• Polish 9th Infantry Division - col. Józef Werobej
• Polish 10th Infantry Division - gen. Franciszek Dindorf-Ankowicz
• Polish 11th Carpathian Infantry Division - col. Bronisław Prugar-Ketling
• Polish 12th Infantry Division - gen. Gustaw Paszkiewicz
• Polish 13th Infantry Division - col. Władysław Zubosz-Kaliński
• Polish 14th Infantry Division - gen. Franciszek Wład
• Polish 15th Infantry Division - gen. Wacław Przyjałkowski
• Polish 16th Pomeranian Infantry Division - col. Stanisław Świtalski , since 2 Sept 1939 col. Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko
• Polish 17th Infantry Division - col. Mieczysław Stanisław Mozdyniewicz
• Polish 18th Infantry Division - col. Stefan Kossecki
• Polish 19th Infantry Division - gen. Józef Kwaciszewski
• Polish 20th Infantry Division - col. Wilhelm Liszka-Lawicz
• Polish 21st Mountain Infantry Division - gen. Józef Kustroń
• Polish 22nd Mountain Infantry Division - col. Leopold Engel-Ragis
• Polish 23rd Infantry Division - col. Władysław Powierza
• Polish 24th Infantry Division - col. Aleksander Krzyżanowski , since September 8 1939 col. Bolesław Schwarzenberg-Czerny
• Polish 25th Infantry Division - gen. Franciszek Alter
• Polish 26th Infantry Division - col. Adam Brzechwa-Ajdukiewicz
• Polish 27th Infantry Division - gen. Juliusz Drapella
• Polish 28th Infantry Division - gen. Władysław Bończa-Uzdowski
• Polish 29th Infantry Division - col. Ignacy Oziewicz
• Polish 30th Infantry Division - gen. Leopold Cehak
• Polish 33rd Infantry Division - col. Tadeusz Kalina-Zieleniewski
• Polish 35th Infantry Division - col. Jarosław Szafran
• Polish 36th Infantry Division - col. Michał Ostrowski
• Polish 38th Infantry Division - col. Alojzy Wir-Konas
• Polish 39th Infantry Division - gen. Brunon Olbrycht
• Polish 41st Infantry Division - gen. Wacław Piekarski
• Polish 44th Infantry Division - col. Eugeniusz Żongołłowicz
• Polish 45th Infantry Division - gen. Henryk Krok-Paszkowski
• Polish 50th Infantry Division „Brzoza” - col. Ottokar Brzoza-Brzezina
• Polish 55th Infantry Division - col. Stanisław Kalabiński
• Polish 60th Infantry Division 'Kobryń' - col. Adam Epler

• Polish Cavalry Division 'Zaza' - brig.gen. Zygmunt Podhorski

Polish divisions in France 1939-1940

• Polish 1st Armoured Grenadiers Division - gen. Bronisław Duch
• Polish 2nd Rifle Division - gen. Bronisław Prugar-Ketling
• Polish 3rd Infantry Division - gen. Rudolf Dreszer
• Polish 4th Infantry Division - col. Tadeusz Kalina-Zieleniewski
• Polish Independent Highland Rifle Brigade - gen. Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko
• Polish 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade (10éme Brigade de cavalerie motorisée) - gen. Stanisław Maczek
• Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade - gen. Stanisław Kopański

Polish divisions & brigades on the Western fronts

• Polish 1st Armoured Division
• Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade
• Polish II Corps
  • Polish 3rd Carpathian Infantry Division
  • Polish 5th Kresowa Infantry Division
  • Polish 2nd Armoured Brigade

Polish divisions on the Eastern Fronts

• 1st Polish Army
  • Polish 1st Tadeusz Kosciuszko Infantry Division
  • Polish 2nd Infantry Division
  • Polish 3rd Infantry Division
  • Polish 4th Infantry Division
  • Polish 6th Infantry Division
  • Polish 1st Armoured Brigade "Westerplatte Heroes"
  • Polish 1st Warsaw Cavalry Brigade
  • in addition:
    • Army artillery: 5 Artillery Brigades (1-5), 1st AA-Artillery Division, 1st mortar regiment
    • 1st Engineering Brigade
    • 4th independent heavy tank regiment
    • 13th SP-artillery regiment (SU-85 and ISU-152)

• 2nd Polish Army
  • Polish 5th Infantry Division
  • Polish 7th Infantry Division
  • Polish 8th Infantry Division
  • Polish 9th Infantry Division
  • Polish 10th Infantry Division
  • 16th Armoured Brigade,
  • 2nd Artillery Division, 3rd AA-artillery Division, 3rd indep. mortar regiment
  • 3 AT-artillery brigades (nos.9,11,14)
  • 2nd Sapper Brigade
  • 4th independent heavy tank regiment
  • 28th SP-artillery regiment (21 x SU-85)

• 1st Armoured Corps: 3 armoured brigades, 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade - details below. Subordinated to the 2nd Army.

main vehicles: T-34 m.41, m.43, T-34/85, T-70, IS-2, SU-57, SU-76M, SU-85, ISU-122, ISU-152, BA-64, Universal Carrier, M2 Halftrack (few), M17 (M16) SP-AAgun (few).

• • 1st Motorized Infantry Brigade (Polish)(East)
  • 2nd Armoured Brigade (2. Brygada Pancerna) - (65 x T-34/85)
  • 3rd Armoured Brigade
  • 4th Armoured Brigade
  • 24th SP-artillery regiment (21 x SU-85)
  • 25th SP-artillery regiment (21 x ISU-122)
  • 27th SP-artillery regiment (21 x SU-76M)
  • 2nd mortar regiment
  • 26th AA-artillery regiment
  • Rocket artillery battalion

Polish divisions of the underground armies

• Armia Krajowa - brigade or division-sized units only
  • Polish 2nd Home Army Infantry Division (Kielce-Radom)
  • Polish 19th Home Army Infantry Division (Wilno)
  • Polish 27th Home Army Infantry Division (Wołyń)
  • Polish Cracovian Home Army Infantry Division
  • Polish Cracovian Home Army Cavalry Brigade
• Narodowe Sily Zbrojne

See also:

• Polish_contribution_to_World_War_II
• History of Poland (1939-1945)
• An Illustrated History of the Polish II Corps. Mieczyslaw Kuczynski.