Kresowa

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Kresowa is the nickname of the Polish 5th Kresowa Infantry Division, a World War II unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the West composed largely of soldiers from the eastern borderlands (Kresy).

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Kresowa canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
infantry division ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
military unit nickname ⓘ
allegiance Polish Government-in-Exile ⓘ
battle Battle of Ancona ⓘ
Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ
Gothic Line offensive ⓘ
branch Polish Army ⓘ
commander Władysław Anders ⓘ
Zygmunt Szyszko-Bohusz ⓘ
composedMostlyOf soldiers from Kresy ⓘ
soldiers from eastern borderlands of prewar Poland ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
etymology derived from Kresy (eastern borderlands of Poland) ⓘ
formedIn 1943 ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
language Polish ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
locatedIn eastern borderlands of interwar Poland ⓘ
notableFor high proportion of soldiers from former eastern Polish territories ⓘ
participation in the capture of Monte Cassino ⓘ
partOf II Polish Corps ⓘ
linked to: Polish II Corps

Polish Armed Forces in the West ⓘ
refersTo Polish 5th Kresowa Infantry Division ⓘ
size division ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
theatre Italian Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Italian campaign

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