24th Infantry Division (Poland)
Polish 24th Infantry Division (Polish: 24. Dywizja Piechoty) was a unit of the Polish Army in the interbellum period, which took part in the Polish September Campaign. The Division was created in 1921, and its first commandants were: General Jan Hempel (until 1926), General Waclaw Scewola-Wieczorkiewicz, Colonel Boleslaw Maria Krzyzanowski (until September 9, 1939), and Colonel Boleslaw Schwarzenberg-Czerny (in the final days of the September 1939 campaign). The 24th Division's headquarters were located in Jarosław, with some regiments stationed in nearby cities of Rzeszów and Przemyśl. It consisted of:
- 17th Infantry Regiment (Rzeszów),
- 38th Infantry Regiment of Lwów Rifles (Przemyśl),
- 39th Infantry Regiment of Lwów Rifles (Jarosław),
- 24th Light Artillery Regiment of King Jan III Sobieski (Jarosław).
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