A report on Polish People's Army and Zygmunt Berling
The communist-led Polish armed forces, allowed and facilitated by Joseph Stalin, were the result of efforts made in the early 1940s in the Soviet Union by Wanda Wasilewska and Zygmunt Berling.
- Polish People's ArmyIn May 1943, the communist-led Polish People's Army was created in the Soviet Union.
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First Polish Army (1944–1945)
1 linksArmy unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the East.
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).
Until October 1944, the First Army was commanded by Lt. Gen. Zygmunt Berling.
Polish Armed Forces in the East
1 linksThe Polish Armed Forces in the East (Polskie Siły Zbrojne na Wschodzie), also called Polish Army in the USSR, were the Polish military forces established in the Soviet Union during World War II.
The Polish Armed Forces in the East (Polskie Siły Zbrojne na Wschodzie), also called Polish Army in the USSR, were the Polish military forces established in the Soviet Union during World War II.
Together they constituted the Polish People's Army (Ludowe Wojsko Polskie, LWP); it fought on the Eastern Front under Soviet command all the way to the Battle of Berlin.
At the same time, due to the efforts of Wasilewska and Zygmunt Berling, a new army was established—the Polish People's Army (Ludowe Wojsko Polskie, LWP).
Wanda Wasilewska
0 linksPolish and Soviet novelist and journalist and a left-wing political activist.
Polish and Soviet novelist and journalist and a left-wing political activist.
The division developed into the Polish People's Army and fought on the Eastern Front during World War II.
Wasilewska and Zygmunt Berling had appealed to Stalin for permission to create a Polish division already in September 1942.