Polish Legions

Polish Legions (Legiony Polskie) may refer to, in chronological order:

  • 5th Rifle Division (Poland) or Siberian Division
  • 58th New York Infantry, a.k.a. the Polish Legion, commanded in the U.S. Civil War by Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski
  • Mickiewicz's Legion, formed by Adam Mickiewicz in Rome in 1848
  • Polish 1st Legions Infantry Division
  • Polish 2nd Legions Infantry Division
  • Polish 2nd Legions' Infantry Regiment
  • Polish 3rd Legions Infantry Division
  • Polish Legions (Napoleonic period), created by Henryk Dąbrowski during the Napoleonic Wars
  • Polish Legion in Finland
  • Polish Legion in Turkey, formed around 1770s, as part of the Confederation of Bar
  • Polish Legions in World War I

Famous quotes containing the words polish and/or legions:

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    with Bab-o and find a new God
    as the earth empties out
    into the gnarled hands of the old redeemer.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

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