Operations
Initially formed to protect a 200 kilometres (120 mi) stretch of Scottish shore between Firth of Forth and Montrose against a possible German invasion of Britain, it became the logistical core of the Polish Army fighting alongside the Allies.
For most of its' existence the core of the corps was composed of a variety of en cadre units. Once these have been formed into full tactical units, they were dispatched to the fronts of World War II separately, as part of other Allied tactical units. Among the units created out of First Corps' nominal infantry brigades were 1st Armoured Division, 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, 1t Reconnaissance Regiment and a variety of other detachments.
It was not until after the capitulation of Germany that the corps started to act as a single unit. Its' two largest components were joined together in Northern Germany and took part in occupation of Germany as part of the Allied forces stationed around the port of Wilhelmshaven. Prior to that date both of its main units fought separately and were grouped together mostly for logistical reasons.
Like most other units of the Polish Armed Forces in the West, it was disbanded in 1947, with personnel transferred to the Polish Resettlement Corps.
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