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1st Army (1. Armia Wojska Polskiego)
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| Army information |
| 1st Army - 1.AWP (1. Armia Wojska Polskiego) - assigned to
the 1st Belarussian Front. It was first fighting at the Vistula bridgeheads (Studzianki, 9-14 August 1944). On 14 September 1944 the 1.AWP units captured the right-bank Warsaw (since 1 August 1944 there was the Uprising in left-bank Warsaw), and in the following days only the elements of the Polish infantry managed to cross Vistula, and then shared the fate of the insurgents, who surrendered on 2 October 1944. In January 1945 the 1.AWP took the remains of Warsaw. Then, the 1.AWP fought at Pommern-Stellung wall, Kolobrzeg (Kolberg), Gdansk (Danzig), the Oder crossing. Finally, in April-May 1945 it fought in Berlin Operation at Hohenzollern Kanal and Havellendisher Grosser Haupt Kanal crossing, reaching the Elbe and linking with the US units. The 1st Tadeusz Kosciuszko Infantry Division and some artillery and engineer units took part in a street-fighting in Berlin (ZOO, Tiergarten). |
| Eastern Front | in WWII |
| Army troops |
Infantry
| 1st Infantry Division | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 2nd Infantry Division | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 3rd Infantry Division | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 4th Infantry Division | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 6th Infantry Division | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
Artillery
| 1st AA-Artillery Division | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 1st Artillery Brigade | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 2nd Artillery Brigade | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 3rd Artillery Brigade | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 4th Artillery Brigade | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 5th Artillery Brigade | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 1st Mortar Regiment | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 13th SP-Artillery Regiment | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
Armor
| 1st Westerplatte Heroes Armoured Brigade (1 Brygada Pancerna “Bohaterów Westerplatte”) | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 4th Independent Heavy Tank Regiment | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
Other troops
| 1st Warsaw Cavalry Brigade | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 1st Engineers Brigade | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| Assignments |
| Date | Assigned to Corps | Assigned to Army | Attached to Army | Assigned to Army Group | Attached to Army Group |
| 00.00.0000 | Polish People's Army |
| Sources & links: | Short summary of Polish armed forces 1940-45 |
| Site design & initiative: | Hans Houterman |
| Page research by: | Marcin Wojtuszkiewicz |
| Page created by: | Jeroen Koppes |
| Last update: | 30.04.2003-CSS |