Strelets WWI Polish Infantry (Blue Army) M130

WWI Polish Infantry (Blue Army) M130. Scale 1:72

In June 1917 the Polish Army in France was formed from volunteers and emigrants, and was a separate army fighting by the side of that of France, which paid and supplied them. The men mostly wore the normal French light blue uniform, giving rise to the nickname of the army; the ‘Blue Army’, which received its other nickname, ‘Haller’s Army’, from its leader, Gen Józef Haller de Hallenburg. They fought alongside the French on the Western Front, and after the armistice were transported to the new Polish state. This 80,000 strong force was absorbed into the fledgling Polish Army, and they soon saw action against both Ukraine and Russia in the following few months. After these victories the Blue Army disappeared, simply becoming a part of the Polish Army.