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5th Kresowa Infantry Division
Emblem of the division worn as a shoulder patch and painted on vehicles
Active
1943–1947
Country
Second Polish Republic
Branch
Polish Army in the West
Type
Infantry
Size
Division
Part of
II Corps (Poland)
Engagements
World War II
Italian Campaign
Battle of Monte Cassino
Battle of Ancona
Gothic Line
Operation Grapeshot
Battle of Bologna
Commanders
Notable commanders
Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko (1943) Nikodem Sulik (from 1943 to 1946)
Military unit
The Polish 5th Kresowa Infantry Division (Polish: 5 Kresowa Dywizja Piechoty) was an infantry division of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II. Formed in March 1943, it fought in the Italian Campaign as part of Lieutenant general Władysław Anders' Polish II Corps, affiliated with the Western Allies, under command of the British Eighth Army.
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