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First Polish Army (1944–1945)
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This article is about the First Polish Army on the Eastern Front in 1944–1945. For other army units with similar names, see First Army (disambiguation).
The Polish First Army (Polish: Pierwsza Armia Wojska Polskiego, 1 AWP for short, also known as Berling's Army) was an army unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the East. It was formed in the Soviet Union in 1944, from the previously existing Polish I Corps in the Soviet Union, as part of the People's Army of Poland (LWP). The First Army fought westward, subordinated to the Soviet 1st Belorussian Front, during the offensive against Nazi Germany that led to the capture of Warsaw in January 1945, and the capture of Berlin in May 1945.
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Polish First Army (Pierwsza Armia) | |
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![]() Marking new Polish-German border on Oder River in 1945 | |
Active | July 1944 – August 1945 |
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Allegiance | People's Army of Poland, Soviet Union |
Type | Field Army |
Engagements | World War II |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | General Zygmunt Berling (1943-44); General Stanislaw Poplawski (1945) |
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