Polish Legions

Polish Legions

Polish Legions ("Legiony Polskie") may refer to, in chronological order:

* Polish Legion in Turkey, formed around 1770s, as part of the Confederation of Bar
* Polish Legions in Italy, created by Henryk Dąbrowski during the Napoleonic Wars
* Mickiewicz's Legion, formed by Adam Mickiewicz in Rome in 1848
* Wysocki's Legion and Bem's Legion forming Polish Legions in Hungary during the same year
* Polish Legions in World War I
* 5th Rifle Division (Poland) or Siberian Division
* Polish 1st Legions Infantry Division
* Polish 2nd Legions Infantry Division
* Polish 3rd Legions Infantry Division
* Polish 2nd Legions' Infantry Regiment
* 58th New York Infantry aka the Polish Legion, lead by Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski in the U.S. Civil War

See also

* Polish Army


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