Polish I Corps

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The Polish I Corps was a major Polish military formation of World War II, composed of exiled Polish soldiers fighting alongside the Western Allies, primarily in the United Kingdom.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Polish I Corps canonical 3

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish military unit ⓘ
World War II military formation ⓘ
military corps ⓘ
allegiance Polish Armed Forces in the West ⓘ
alliedWith United Kingdom ⓘ
Western Allies ⓘ
associatedWith Polish diaspora in the United Kingdom ⓘ
commandLanguage Polish ⓘ
composedOf Polish land forces units ⓘ
armoured units ⓘ
infantry units ⓘ
support units ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
cooperatedWith Allied Expeditionary Forces ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
disbandedAfter end of World War II ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
formedFrom Polish Armed Forces in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Polish soldiers in exile ⓘ
garrison United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalContext created after the fall of Poland in 1939 ⓘ
formed from Polish soldiers evacuated from France and other countries ⓘ
languageOfCommand Polish ⓘ
militaryBranch land forces ⓘ
militaryFunction operational command of multiple divisions and brigades ⓘ
notableComponent 1st Armoured Division (Poland) ⓘ
1st Independent Parachute Brigade (Poland) ⓘ
Polish units in British air defence ⓘ
notableFor participation in Allied operations in Western Europe ⓘ
service of exiled Polish soldiers ⓘ
operatedIn British Isles ⓘ
Northwest Europe ⓘ
partOf Polish Armed Forces in the West ⓘ
primaryTheater Western Front ⓘ
role defence of the United Kingdom ⓘ
preparation for operations in Western Europe ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo Polish Government-in-Exile ⓘ
symbolizes Polish contribution to the Allied war effort ⓘ
type corps-level formation ⓘ
usedEquipmentFrom British Army stocks ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Canadian Army → subordinateUnit → Polish I Corps ⓘ
Polish forces → hasPart → Polish I Corps ⓘ