The following is a list of Polish Armies during World War II, together with their commanders and brigade and division-sized units. For a more detailed list see: Polish army order of battle in 1939 .
Key Formed before the war Blue Formed during the war in Poland Green Formed in exile at later stages of the war Red
Placement of divisions on September 1, 1939 Karpaty Army (Armia Karpaty )Kazimierz Fabrycy 11th Inf.Div , 24th Inf.Div , 38th Inf.Div Kraków Army (Armia Kraków )Antoni Szylling 6th , 7th , 21st Mountain , 22nd Mountain , 23rd , 55th Infantry Divisions, 10th Mot. , Kraków Cav.Bde. , 1st Mountain Łódź Army (Armia Łódź )Juliusz Rómmel , Wiktor Thommée 2nd Legions , 10th , 28th , 30th Infantry Divisions, Wołyńska and Kresowa Cavalry Brigades Modlin Army (Armia Modlin )Emil Krukowicz-Przedrzymirski 8th and 20th Infantry Divisions, Mazowiecka and Nowogródzka Cavalry Brigades , Warsaw BON Pomorze Army (Armia Pomorze )Władysław Bortnowski 4th , 9th , 15th , 16th and 27th Infantry Divisions, Pomorska Cavalry Brigade , Pomorze and Chełm National Defence Bdes, Wisła Independent Unit Poznań Army (Armia Poznań )Tadeusz Kutrzeba 14th , 17th , 25th and 26th Inf.Div., Podolska and Wielkopolska Cav.Bdes, Poznań and Kalisz National Defence Bdes Prusy Army (Armia Prusy )Stefan Dąb-Biernacki 3rd Legions , 12th , 13th , 19th , 29th and 36th Inf.Div, Wileńska Cavalry Brigade Lublin Army (Armia Lublin )Tadeusz Piskor 39th Inf.Div. , Motorised Bde , Sandomierz Group, Komorowski's Cavalry Group Małopolska Army (Armia Małopolska )Kazimierz Fabrycy Karpaty Army above Warszawa Army (Armia Warszawa )Juliusz Rómmel , Walerian Czuma , Wiktor Thommée Polish Army in France (Wojsko Polskie we Francji )Władysław Sikorski 1st Grenadier , 2nd Rifle, 10th Armoured Brigade Bde I Corps (I Korpus Polski )Stanisław Maczek 1st Armoured Division , 1st Para Brigade II Corps (II Korpus Polski )Władysław Anders 5th Infantry Divisions, 2nd Armoured Division First Army (1 Armia Wojska Polskiego )Zygmunt Berling 2nd , 3rd, 4th and 6th Infantry Divisions, Armoured Bde, Cavalry Bde Second Army (2 Armia Wojska Polskiego )Karol Świerczewski 7th , 8th , 9th , 10th Inf. Divs, 16th Armoured Bde
During the Invasion of Poland several divisions were grouped into two units smaller than armies: the Wyszków Operational Group and the Narew Independent Operational Group .
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