Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division

Index Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division

The Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division (1 Polska Dywizja Piechoty im.) was an infantry division in the Soviet-organized Polish armed forces (as opposed to the existing Anders Army) formed in 1943 and named for the Polish and American revolutionary Tadeusz Kościuszko. [1]

30 relations: Anders' Army, Battle of Grunwald, Battle of Lenino, Berdychiv, Bug River, Dęblin, Division (military), First Polish Army (1944–1945), Joseph Stalin, Kościuszko Infantry Division Memorial, Military attaché, Oka River, Poland, Polish Armed Forces, Poznań, Reichstag building, Sławomir Cenckiewicz, Soviet Union, Table of organization and equipment, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Union of Polish Patriots, Virtuti Militari, Władysław Sikorski, Western Front (Soviet Union), Zhytomyr, Zygmunt Berling, 1st Mechanised Division (Poland), 2nd Mechanised Corps (Poland), 33rd Army (Soviet Union), 47th Army.

Anders' Army

Anders' Army was the informal yet common name of the Polish Armed Forces in the East in the 1941–42 period, in recognition of its commander Władysław Anders.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Anders' Army · See more »

Battle of Grunwald

The Battle of Grunwald, First Battle of Tannenberg or Battle of Žalgiris, was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Battle of Grunwald · See more »

Battle of Lenino

The Battle of Lenino was a tactical World War II engagement that took place between October 12 and October 13, 1943, north of the village of Lenino in the Mogilev region of Byelorussia.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Battle of Lenino · See more »

Berdychiv

Berdychiv (Бердичів, Polish: Berdyczów, Bardichev, Berdichev) is a historic city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Berdychiv · See more »

Bug River

The Bug River (Bug or Western Bug; Західний Буг, Zakhidnyy Buh, Захо́дні Буг, Zakhodni Buh; Западный Буг, Zapadnyy Bug) is a major European river which flows through three countries with a total length of.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Bug River · See more »

Dęblin

Dęblin is a town, population 16,656 (as of 2016), at the confluence of Vistula and Wieprz rivers, in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Dęblin · See more »

Division (military)

A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 20,000 soldiers.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Division (military) · See more »

First Polish Army (1944–1945)

The Polish First Army (Pierwsza Armia Wojska Polskiego, 1 AWP for short, also known as Berling's Army) was a Polish Army unit formed in the Soviet Union in 1944, from the previously existing Polish I Corps as part of the People's Army of Poland (LWP), a formation of the Polish Armed Forces in the East.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and First Polish Army (1944–1945) · See more »

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (18 December 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet revolutionary and politician of Georgian nationality.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Joseph Stalin · See more »

Kościuszko Infantry Division Memorial

The Kościuszko Infantry Division Memorial (Pomnik Kościuszkowców) commemorates the attempt to aid the Warsaw Uprising by soldiers of the Soviet-organised Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division during World War II.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Kościuszko Infantry Division Memorial · See more »

Military attaché

A military attaché is a military expert who is attached to a diplomatic mission (an attaché).

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Military attaché · See more »

Oka River

Oka (Ока́) is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Oka River · See more »

Poland

Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Poland · See more »

Polish Armed Forces

The Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland (Polish:Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, abbreviated SZ RP; popularly called Wojsko Polskie in Poland, abbreviated WP—roughly, the "Polish Military") are the national armed forces of the Republic of Poland.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Polish Armed Forces · See more »

Poznań

Poznań (Posen; known also by other historical names) is a city on the Warta River in west-central Poland, in the Greater Poland region.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Poznań · See more »

Reichstag building

The Reichstag (Reichstagsgebäude; officially: Deutscher Bundestag - Plenarbereich Reichstagsgebäude) is a historic edifice in Berlin, Germany, constructed to house the Imperial Diet (German: Reichstag) of the German Empire.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Reichstag building · See more »

Sławomir Cenckiewicz

Sławomir Cenckiewicz (born 1971) is a Polish historian and journalist.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Sławomir Cenckiewicz · See more »

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Soviet Union · See more »

Table of organization and equipment

A table of organization and equipment (TOE or TO&E) is the specified organization, staffing, and equipment of units.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Table of organization and equipment · See more »

Tadeusz Kościuszko

Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko (Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciuszko; February 4 or 12, 1746 – October 15, 1817) was a Polish-Lithuanian military engineer, statesman, and military leader who became a national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and the United States.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Tadeusz Kościuszko · See more »

Union of Polish Patriots

Union of Polish Patriots (Society of Polish Patriots, Związek Patriotów Polskich, ZPP, Союз Польских Патриотов, СПП) was a political body created by Polish communists and Joseph Stalin in Soviet Union in 1943.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Union of Polish Patriots · See more »

Virtuti Militari

The War Order of Virtuti Militari (Latin: "For Military Virtue", Polish: Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari) is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Virtuti Militari · See more »

Władysław Sikorski

Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski (20 May 1881 – 4 July 1943) was a Polish military and political leader.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Władysław Sikorski · See more »

Western Front (Soviet Union)

The Western Front was a front of the Red Army, one of the Red Army Fronts during World War II.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Western Front (Soviet Union) · See more »

Zhytomyr

Zhytomyr (Žytomyr; Žitomir; Żytomierz; Žitomir) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Zhytomyr · See more »

Zygmunt Berling

Zygmunt Henryk Berling (27 April 1896 – 11 July 1980) was a Polish general and politician.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and Zygmunt Berling · See more »

1st Mechanised Division (Poland)

The 1st "Warsaw" Mechanised Division (1 Warszawska Dywizja Zmechanizowana) was a mechanized infantry formation of the Polish Land Forces that existed from 1955 until September 1, 2011.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and 1st Mechanised Division (Poland) · See more »

2nd Mechanised Corps (Poland)

The 2nd Mechanized Corps of Lieutenant General Władysław Anders (2 Korpus Zmechanizowany imienia generała broni Władysława Andersa) was a corps-level formation of the Polish Army.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and 2nd Mechanised Corps (Poland) · See more »

33rd Army (Soviet Union)

The Red Army's 33rd Army was a Soviet field army during the Second World War.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and 33rd Army (Soviet Union) · See more »

47th Army

The 47th Army (47-я армия) of the Soviet Union's Red Army was an army-level command active from 1941 to 1946.

New!!: Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and 47th Army · See more »

Redirects here:

1 Dywizja Piechoty im. Tadeusza Kosciuszki, 1 Dywizja Piechoty im. Tadeusza Kościuszki, Polish 1st Tadeusz Kosciuszko Infantry Division.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_1st_Tadeusz_Kościuszko_Infantry_Division

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »