Józef Haller
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Józef Haller von Hallenburg was a Polish lieutenant general and legionary in the Polish Legions during the First World War. He was a harcmistrz, the president of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Associ
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Józef Haller's house in Władysławowo
Haller in a Polish uniform
Józef Haller in an undated photo
Blue Army (Poland)
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The so-called Blue Army, or Haller's Army, officially Armia Polska we Francji, was a Polish military contingent created in France during the latter stages of World War I. The name came from the French
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…Subsequently, by the way of Murmansk, he arrived in France in July 1918, where on behalf of the Polish National Committee he created what was known as the Blue Army (from the color of its French uniforms, also known as Haller's Army). For the next few months his army, allied to the Entente, would fight against…
General Józef Haller swearing for the Polish flag when he was nominated to command the Blue Army, c. 1918
The leaders of the Polish armies
Komitet Narodowy Polski (Polish National Committee) sanctioned by France and other Western Allies as a provisional Polish government in Paris, 1918
Flag offered to the Polish Army in France from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.