• The Blue Army (Polish: Błękitna Armia; French: Armée bleue), or Haller's Army, was a Polish military contingent created in France during the latter stages of World...
  • While the war may have been over for the Allies, it was not yet over for Poland, which now needed the strength and experience of Haller’s Blue Army to secure and...
  • The Blue Army played a pivotal role in ensuring Polish victory in the Polish-Ukrainian War, and later Haller’s troops took part in Poland’s defeat of the...
  • The Blue Army was a significant military asset for the reborn Poland as it was armed by the French and professionally trained for war.
  • English: Category for files related to the 1917 Polish Army in France popularly known as the Blue Army.
  • This Blue Army (they wore horizon blue French uniforms) was the Polish contribution to the forces on the western front in WWI.
  • When the Blue Army left for Poland, it numbered about 70,000 soldiers, including about 35,000 ex prisoners-of-war from the Austro-Hungarian army, and about 22...
  • Eventually, in 1920-21, hostilities having ended, the majority of the Blue Army's Polish-American volunteers returned to the United States.
  • In 1919, under General Haller’s command, the Blue Army went to Poland, where it fought to defend an independent Poland against its enemies...