The Polish Legions () raive zita remauto ePoland (mauto ekutanga anoshanda ePoland muzvizvarwa) akagadzwa muna Nyamavhuvhu 1914 muGalicia nguva pfupi mushure meHondo Yenyika I yaputika pakati pemubatanidzwa unopesana weTriple Entente kune rumwe rutivi (inosanganisira Humambo hweBritain, French Republic uye Humambo hweRussia); uye neCentral Powers kune rumwe rutivi, inosanganisira Humambo hweGerman neAustria-Hungary. MaLegions akave "ngano yekugadzira yePoland yemazuva ano" kunyangwe kuvapo kwavo kwakapfupika; vakatsiviwa nePolish Auxiliary Corps () kuumbwa musi wa20 Gunyana 1916, vakabatanidzwa nePolish II Corps muRussia musi wa19 Kukadzi 1918 yeHondo yeRarańcza kurwisa Austria-Hungary, uye vakaparadzwa zvichitevera kukundwa kwemauto pa Hondo yeKaniów
muna May 1918, vachirwisa hurumende yeGermany. Mukuru mukuru Haller akatizira kuFrance kuti aumbe uto rePoland kuMadokero richipesana nechibvumirano cheGerman-Bolshevik chinorwisa Poland.