Polish Troops in WW1

[BeppoSapone]

Whilst researching something else I came across an interesting piece about "Hallers Army".

"This army is fascinating because it consisted largely of Polish immigrants to North America who wanted desperately to fight their ancient German foes in World War I, but could not join the American army because the United States was officially neutral....Where there's a will, there's a way, and Poles found their chance with a new army formed and trained under the auspices of the Canadian Army. Regiments were recruited in North America and formed at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Other regiments were made up of Polish recruits from Poland as well as recruited Polish prisoners-of-war in Italy, France, Ukraine, and Belarus. They were all under the command of General Haller in France".

I don't know how accurate this is, being sourced from a family history site. However, it is well worth a read.

http://www.polishroots.com/gendobry/GenDobry_vol2_no7.htm

[armourersergeant]

thanks for that link. I have had for along time a fascination with Poland and her armed forces, especially 1919-21 and upto and including WW2.

regards

Arm

[Neil Burns]

Haller's Army

Hi Tony,

One of my all-time favorite subjects, above link to an article and some notes I put together.

Hope you find it helpful,

Neil