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AWP for short) was a <a href="/wiki/Polish_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish Army">Polish Army</a> unit formed in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> in 1944 as part of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Army_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Army of Poland">People's Army of Poland</a>. The organization began in August under the command of generals <a href="/wiki/Karol_%C5%9Awierczewski" title="Karol Świerczewski">Karol Świerczewski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stanislav_Poplavsky" title="Stanislav Poplavsky">Stanislav Poplavsky</a>, and the formation under command of general Świerczewski entered active duty in January 1945. The Second Army suffered heavy losses at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bautzen_(1945)" title="Battle of Bautzen (1945)">Battle of Bautzen</a> during April 22–26, 1945. Subsequently, the Second Army was part of the final great Soviet offensive of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> in Europe, the drive on <a href="/wiki/Prague_Operation" class="mw-redirect" title="Prague Operation">Prague</a>. In August 1945 most of the formation was used to create the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pozna%C5%84_Military_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Poznań Military District (page does not exist)">Poznań Military District</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_Polish_Army_(1944%E2%80%9345)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Operational history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation_(8_August_–_31_December_1944)"><span id="Formation_.288_August_.E2.80.93_31_December_1944.29"></span>Formation (8 August – 31 December 1944)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_Polish_Army_(1944%E2%80%9345)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation (8 August – 31 December 1944)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1944, with the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> advance now enveloping increasing number of territories of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Polish_Republic" title="Second Polish Republic">Second Polish Republic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polish_areas_annexed_by_Nazi_Germany" title="Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany">occupied by Nazi Germany for the past several years</a>, the Soviet high command saw the opportunity to recruit more <a href="/wiki/Polish_people" title="Polish people">Poles</a> into the Soviet-controlled <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Army_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Army of Poland">People's Army of Poland</a>. The first plans called for the formation of Polish Second Army and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Third_Army&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polish Third Army (page does not exist)">Polish Third Army</a>, which were to be joined with the <a href="/wiki/First_Polish_Army_(1944-1945)" class="mw-redirect" title="First Polish Army (1944-1945)">Polish First Army</a> into a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Front&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polish Front (page does not exist)">Polish Front</a> (at that time the Polish forces were part of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Belorussian_Front" title="1st Belorussian Front">1st Belorussian Front</a>). The early plans called for the Second Army to be ready for combat by the end of September. </p><p>However soon it became apparent that this plan was flawed, as there were not enough recruits to fill the ranks of <a href="/wiki/Officer_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer (military)">officers</a>. A significant number of pre-war Polish NCOs and officers either: </p> <ul><li>were held in the <a href="/wiki/Oflag" title="Oflag">Germans officer POW camps</a></li> <li>already joined the <a href="/wiki/First_Polish_Army_(1944-1945)" class="mw-redirect" title="First Polish Army (1944-1945)">Polish First Army</a></li> <li>had joined the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Army_in_the_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish Army in the West">Polish Army in the West</a></li> <li>were part of the <a href="/wiki/Armia_Krajowa" class="mw-redirect" title="Armia Krajowa">Armia Krajowa</a> <a href="/wiki/Polish_resistance_movement_in_World_War_II" title="Polish resistance movement in World War II">Polish resistance</a>, loyal to the <a href="/wiki/Polish_government_in_exile" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish government in exile">Polish government in exile</a> and <a href="/wiki/Armia_Krajowa#Relations_with_Soviets" class="mw-redirect" title="Armia Krajowa">seen by Soviets as enemies</a> (the 2nd Army military tribunal and police were actually actively engaged in actions against the AK elements, arresting thousands of people and sentencing hundreds to death)</li> <li>or had been executed by the Soviets following their <a href="/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland_(1939)" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet invasion of Poland (1939)">Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939</a> in massacres such as the infamous <a href="/wiki/Katyn_massacre" title="Katyn massacre">Katyn massacre</a>, when the Soviets were more concerned with breaking the Polish <a href="/wiki/Intelligentsia" title="Intelligentsia">intelligentsia</a> than forming Polish allied forces</li></ul> <p>Thus while the recruits to the pro-Soviet <a href="/wiki/Polish_Committee_of_National_Liberation" title="Polish Committee of National Liberation">Polish Committee of National Liberation</a> were able to fill most <a href="/wiki/Private_(rank)" title="Private (rank)">private</a> and <a href="/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">NCOs</a> slots, the army had only about half of the needed number of officers; 33% of them young (under 25 years) and about 50% with no formal training (only <a href="/wiki/Secondary_education" title="Secondary education">secondary education</a>). Although the Soviets always tried to control such allied formations by transferring a significant number of Soviet officers to those units, they found themselves having to fill about 50% of the officer positions in the Second Army (for several months in 1944, the commander of the Army was in the hands of the Soviet general, <a href="/wiki/Stanislav_Poplavsky" title="Stanislav Poplavsky">Stanislav Poplavsky</a>). The situation of the Third Army was even direr, which eventually led to the cancellation of plans for both the creation of the Third Army and the Polish Front. </p><p>The Second Army reached operational level at the beginning of January 1945. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Combat_(January–May_1945)"><span id="Combat_.28January.E2.80.93May_1945.29"></span>Combat (January–May 1945)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_Polish_Army_(1944%E2%80%9345)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Combat (January–May 1945)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Motocykli%C5%9Bci_2._Armii_Wojska_Polskiego_podczas_operacji_%C5%82u%C5%BCyckiej,_kwiecie%C5%84_1945_r._Oddzia%C5%82_jest_wyposa%C5%BCony_w_ameryk%C5%84skie_motocykle_Harley-Davidson,_dostarczane_do_ZSRS_w_ramach_umowy_Lend-Lease.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Motocykli%C5%9Bci_2._Armii_Wojska_Polskiego_podczas_operacji_%C5%82u%C5%BCyckiej%2C_kwiecie%C5%84_1945_r._Oddzia%C5%82_jest_wyposa%C5%BCony_w_ameryk%C5%84skie_motocykle_Harley-Davidson%2C_dostarczane_do_ZSRS_w_ramach_umowy_Lend-Lease.jpg/250px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Motocykli%C5%9Bci_2._Armii_Wojska_Polskiego_podczas_operacji_%C5%82u%C5%BCyckiej%2C_kwiecie%C5%84_1945_r._Oddzia%C5%82_jest_wyposa%C5%BCony_w_ameryk%C5%84skie_motocykle_Harley-Davidson%2C_dostarczane_do_ZSRS_w_ramach_umowy_Lend-Lease.jpg/375px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Motocykli%C5%9Bci_2._Armii_Wojska_Polskiego_podczas_operacji_%C5%82u%C5%BCyckiej%2C_kwiecie%C5%84_1945_r._Oddzia%C5%82_jest_wyposa%C5%BCony_w_ameryk%C5%84skie_motocykle_Harley-Davidson%2C_dostarczane_do_ZSRS_w_ramach_umowy_Lend-Lease.jpg/500px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1064" data-file-height="671" /></a><figcaption>Motorcyclists of the 2nd Polish Army during the <a href="/wiki/Lusatia" title="Lusatia">Lusatian operation</a>, April 1945</figcaption></figure> <p>While some formations of the Second Army were engaged in combat as parts of the 1st Belarusian Front in January, most of the Army was regrouped in early February near <a href="/wiki/Kutno" title="Kutno">Kutno</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA" title="Łódź">Łódź</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C5%81ask" title="Łask">Łask</a> and <a href="/wiki/Piotrk%C3%B3w_Trybunalski" title="Piotrków Trybunalski">Piotrków Trybunalski</a>. Near the end of February, the Army moved towards <a href="/wiki/Pi%C5%82a" title="Piła">Piła</a>, <a href="/wiki/Krzy%C5%BC_Wielkopolski" title="Krzyż Wielkopolski">Krzyż Wielkopolski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Czarnk%C3%B3w" title="Czarnków">Czarnków</a> to counter the possible threat of German counterattack from the <a href="/wiki/Pozna%C5%84" title="Poznań">Poznań</a> area. In the first half of March the army acted as a reinforcement for the 1st Belarusian Front, and was regrouped in the area of <a href="/wiki/Gorz%C3%B3w_Wielkopolski" title="Gorzów Wielkopolski">Gorzów Wielkopolski</a> - <a href="/wiki/Barlinek" title="Barlinek">Barlinek</a> - <a href="/wiki/Pe%C5%82czyce" title="Pełczyce">Pełczyce</a> - <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%82opowo,_Choszczno_County" title="Chłopowo, Choszczno County">Chłopowo</a> - <a href="/wiki/Klasztorne,_Choszczno_County" title="Klasztorne, Choszczno County">Klasztorne</a> - <a href="/wiki/S%C5%82on%C3%B3w" title="Słonów">Słonów</a>. In the second half of March, the Army was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/1st_Ukrainian_Front" title="1st Ukrainian Front">1st Ukrainian Front</a>, and regrouped north of <a href="/wiki/Wroc%C5%82aw" title="Wrocław">Wrocław</a> on the line <a href="/wiki/Brzeg_Dolny" title="Brzeg Dolny">Brzeg Dolny</a> - <a href="/wiki/Trzebnica" title="Trzebnica">Trzebnica</a> - <a href="/wiki/Ole%C5%9Bnica" title="Oleśnica">Oleśnica</a> in order to prevent any attempt to escape German troops from besieged Wrocław. With the preparations to the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin" title="Battle of Berlin">battle of Berlin</a>, the Army took positions near the <a href="/wiki/Lusatian_Neisse" title="Lusatian Neisse">Lusatian Neisse</a> (Nysa Łuzycka) on 10–11 April. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GedenksteinBautzen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/GedenksteinBautzen.jpg/220px-GedenksteinBautzen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/GedenksteinBautzen.jpg/330px-GedenksteinBautzen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/GedenksteinBautzen.jpg/440px-GedenksteinBautzen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2301" data-file-height="1539" /></a><figcaption>Memorial stone in <a href="/wiki/Bautzen" title="Bautzen">Bautzen</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Army was given the task to advance towards <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bautzen" title="Bautzen">Bautzen</a> on 16 April. Although the Army managed to advance, it had insufficient reinforcements of its own and the planned Soviet reinforcements were delayed, which made it vulnerable to the German counterattacks. The Second Army suffered very heavy losses at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bautzen_(1945)" title="Battle of Bautzen (1945)">Battle of Bautzen</a> during April 22–26, with 18,232 dead or missing (22% of total combat personnel), and over 50% of armour. The battle was one of the most costly in terms of lives in the history of the Polish military. </p><p>Subsequently, in May, the Second Army was part of the final great Soviet offensive of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> in Europe, the drive on <a href="/wiki/Prague_Operation" class="mw-redirect" title="Prague Operation">Prague</a>. By the time most Germans units have begun to surrender, the Army units have reached the town of <a href="/wiki/M%C4%9Bln%C3%ADk" title="Mělník">Mělník</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post_war_(May–August_1945)"><span id="Post_war_.28May.E2.80.93August_1945.29"></span>Post war (May–August 1945)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_Polish_Army_(1944%E2%80%9345)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post war (May–August 1945)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/End_of_World_War_II_in_Europe" title="End of World War II in Europe">End of World War II in Europe</a>, the Second Army was regrouped in the vicinity of <a href="/wiki/Wroc%C5%82aw" title="Wrocław">Wrocław</a>. On 17 May it was transferred from the <a href="/wiki/1st_Ukrainian_Front" title="1st Ukrainian Front">1st Ukrainian Front</a> to the High Command of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Army_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Army of Poland">People's Army of Poland</a>. Until August 1945 the Army was tasked with guarding the <a href="/wiki/Recovered_Territories" title="Recovered Territories">Recovered Territories</a> and the new Polish-German frontier on the <a href="/wiki/Oder-Neisse_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Oder-Neisse line">Oder-Neisse line</a>. Among other changes, the <a href="/wiki/12th_Infantry_Division_(Poland)" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Infantry Division (Poland)">12th Infantry Division</a> was reformed to guard the border in the <a href="/wiki/Szczecin" title="Szczecin">Szczecin</a> area. The army was disbanded in August; most of the formation was used to create the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pozna%C5%84_Military_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Poznań Military District (page does not exist)">Poznań Military District</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Order_of_Battle_on_May_1,_1945"><span id="Order_of_Battle_on_May_1.2C_1945"></span>Order of Battle on May 1, 1945</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_Polish_Army_(1944%E2%80%9345)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Order of Battle on May 1, 1945"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Second Army Headquarters </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(Poland)" title="5th Infantry Division (Poland)">5th Infantry Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_7th_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish 7th Infantry Division">7th Infantry Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_8th_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish 8th Infantry Division">8th Infantry Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_9th_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish 9th Infantry Division">9th Infantry Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_10th_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish 10th Infantry Division">10th Infantry Division</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2nd_Artillery_Division_(Poland)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2nd Artillery Division (Poland) (page does not exist)">2nd Artillery Division</a> <ul><li>6th Light Artillery Brigade</li> <li>7th Howitzer Artillery Brigade</li> <li>8th Heavy Artillery Brigade</li></ul></li> <li>3rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division</li> <li>9th Antitank Brigade</li> <li>14th Antitank Brigade</li> <li>3rd Mortar Regiment</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Armoured_Corps_(Poland)" title="1st Armoured Corps (Poland)">1st Tank Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Tank_Division#16th_Tank_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="34th Tank Division">16th Tank Brigade</a></li> <li>5th Heavy Tank Regiment (IS-II)</li> <li>28th Armoured Artillery Regiment (self-propelled guns)</li> <li>4th Sapper Brigade</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders">Commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_Polish_Army_(1944%E2%80%9345)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Swierczewski_Spychalski_Zymierski.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Swierczewski_Spychalski_Zymierski.jpg/150px-Swierczewski_Spychalski_Zymierski.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Swierczewski_Spychalski_Zymierski.jpg/225px-Swierczewski_Spychalski_Zymierski.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Swierczewski_Spychalski_Zymierski.jpg 2x" data-file-width="287" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Karol_%C5%9Awierczewski" title="Karol Świerczewski">Karol Świerczewski</a> (front). 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