List of Polish divisions in World War I

Template:Short description {{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The following is a list of Polish brigade and division-sized military units during World War I and the subsequent Russian Civil War. See also list of military divisions. Official names are given in parentheses.

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Formed in Russia during World War I	Green
Formed in France during World War I (the Blue Army of Gen. Haller)	Blue

	Template:Ill (1 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich / 1re Division Polonaise) Later 13th Infantry Division (Poland)
	Polish 2nd Rifle Division (2 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich / 2éme Division Polonaise)
	Polish 3rd Rifle Division (3 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich / 3éme Division Polonaise)
	Polish 4th Polish Rifle Division (4. Dywizja Strzelców Polskich)Later part of Haller's Blue army as 4th Division-renamed 10th Infantry Division (Poland) Col. Franciszek Zieliński
	Polish 5th Polish Rifle Division (5. Dywizja Strzelców Polskich)Later part of Haller's Blue army as 5th Division-renamed Polish 30th Infantry Division generals Piotr Szymanowski, Adam Sławoczyński, Tadeusz Bylewski
	6th Polish Rifle Division (6 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich / 3éme Division Polonaise)
	7th Polish Rifle Division (7 Dywizja Strzelców Polskich / 7éme Division Polonaise)
	Polish Instructive Division (Dywizja Instrukcyjna)

Formed in Russia during the Russian Civil War

Formation name	Date formed	Date formation ceased to exist	Unit's insignia	Locations served	Notable campaigns	Notes	Source(s)
Polish Legion in Finland	Template:Dts	Template:Dts		Finland	n/a
I Polish Corps in Russia	Template:Dts	Template:Dts		modern-day Belarus	German anti-Bolshevik campaign in spring 1918	On May 21, 1918, the Corps' commander Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki after acknowledging the Regency Council signed an agreement with the Germans, under which the Corps agreed to be disarmed and disbanded.
II Polish Corps in Russia	Template:Dts	Template:Dts		modern-day Ukraine	Battle of Kaniów	The corps was disbanded afterwards the battle of Kaniów, with most of its soldiers imprisoned by the Germans.
III Polish Corps in Russia				Ukraine
4th Polish Rifle Division	Template:Dts	Template:Dts		southern Russia
5th Polish Rifle Division	Template:Dts	Template:Dts		Siberia
1st Lithuanian–Belarusian Division	1919	1921
2nd Lithuanian–Belarusian Division	July 1919	1920
Polish Light Brigade (Brygada Lekka)

Formed by Austria-Hungary

Formation name	Date formed	Date formation ceased to exist	Divisional insignia	Locations served	Notable battles	Source(s)
1st Brigade, Polish Legions	Template:Dts	Template:Dts		Eastern Front	Łowczówek, Konary, Jastków, Kostiuchnówka
2nd Brigade, Polish Legions	Template:Dts	Template:Dts (became the 5th Polish Rifle Division, part of the II Polish Corps in Russia)		Eastern Front	Battle of Britain, The Blitz
3rd Brigade, Polish Legions	Template:Dts	Template:Dts		Eastern Front	Battle of Britain, The Blitz
Polish Auxiliary Corps	Template:Dts	Template:Dts (formed the basis of the Polnische Wehrmacht)		Eastern Front	Rarańcza, Kaniów (both against the Central Powers)

Formed by German Empire

Formation name	Date formed	Date formation ceased to exist	Locations served	Notable campaigns	Notes	Source(s)
Polnische Wehrmacht	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	N/A	N/A	The Oath crisis happened in July 1917, as a result of which it only remained as a rump unit. After the declaration of Polish independence of 11 November 1918, the units of the Polnische Wehrmacht became the basis of the Polish Army.

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