Polish Land Forces

Land Forces
Wojska Lądowe
Military eagle
Founded1918; 106 years ago (1918)
CountryPoland
TypeGround forces
Size59,106 (2023)[1]
Part ofPolish Armed Forces
HeadquartersWarsaw
March"Marsz Pierwszej Brygady" (English: "March of the First Brigade")
EngagementsPolish–Ukrainian War
Polish–Czechoslovak War
Polish–Soviet War
Polish–Lithuanian War
World War II

War on Terror

Commanders
Commander-in-Chief Andrzej Duda
Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
Chief of the General Staff General Wiesław Kukuła
General Commander Lieutenant General Marek Sokołowski (Interim)
Operational Command [pl] Major General Maciej Klisz [pl]
Inspector of the Land ForcesMajor General Piotr Trytek
Insignia
Flag[2]
Banner of the Commander in Chief

The Land Forces (Polish: Wojska Lądowe) are the land forces of the Polish Armed Forces. They currently contain some 110,000[3] active personnel and form many components of the European Union and NATO deployments around the world. Poland's recorded military history stretches back a millennium – since the 10th century (see List of Polish wars and History of the Polish Army). Poland's modern army was formed after Poland regained independence following World War I in 1918.

  1. ^ Załącznik do decyzji budżetowej MON 2023
  2. ^ "Ustawa z dnia 19 lutego 1993 r. o znakach Sił Zbrojnych Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej" [Act of February 19, 1993 on the symbols of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland] (PDF). isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). Internet System of Legal Acts. pp. 24–28. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. ^ "WPROWADZENIE". Archived from the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2011.