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The Polish I Corps ((ポーランド語:I Korpus Polski); from 1942, Polish I Armored-Mechanized Corps, (ポーランド語:I Korpus Pancerno-Motorowy)) was a tactical unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II. It was formed in the United Kingdom on 28 September 1940.〔 It was subordinate to the Scottish Command, and the Corps HQ was located in Perthshire (Moncreiffe House near Bridge of Earn). It numbered 3498 officers and 10,884 soldiers.〔 Initially formed to protect a stretch of Scottish shore between the Firth of Forth and Montrose against a possible German invasion of Britain,〔 (Pierwszy Korpus Polski ), WIEM Encyklopedia, accessed November 2011.〕〔This stretch of coastline had been quite sparsely defended. On 1 May 1940 9th (Scottish) Division appears to have been responsible for the entire east coast of Scotland.Collier, Defence of the United Kingdom, 1956, (Dispositions of Home Forces 1 May 1940 ), accessed November 2011.〕 it became the logistical core of the Polish Army fighting alongside the Allies. ==Operations== For most of its existence the core of the corps was composed of a variety of en cadre units. Once these have been formed into full tactical units, they were dispatched to the fronts of World War II separately, as part of other Allied tactical units. Among the units created out of First Corps' nominal infantry brigades were 1st Armoured Division, 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, 1st Reconnaissance Regiment and a variety of other detachments. It was not until after the capitulation of Germany that the corps started to act as a single unit. Its two largest components were joined together in Northern Germany and took part in occupation of Germany as part of the Allied forces stationed around the port of Wilhelmshaven. Prior to that date both of its main units fought separately and were grouped together mostly for logistical reasons. Like most other units of the Polish Armed Forces in the West, it was disbanded in 1947, with personnel transferred to the Polish Resettlement Corps. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I Corps (Polish Armed Forces in the West)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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