Land Forces | |
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Wojska Lądowe | |
Founded | 1918 |
Country | Poland |
Type | Ground forces |
Size | 59,106 (2023)[1] |
Part of | Polish Armed Forces |
Headquarters | Warsaw |
March | "Marsz Pierwszej Brygady" (English: "March of the First Brigade") |
Engagements | Polish–Ukrainian War Polish–Czechoslovak War Polish–Soviet War Polish–Lithuanian War World War II |
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 | Major General Maciej Klisz |
Inspector of the Land Forces | Major 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.