page_title: Second Army (Poland)
section_title: Commanders
hierarchical_section_title: Second Army (Poland) / Commanders
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Generałowie Ludowego Wojska Polskiego Michał Rola-Żymierski, Marian Spychalski, Karol Świerczewski stojący nad Nysą Łużycką w 1945 r.
context_page_description: The Polish Second Army was a Polish Army unit formed in the Soviet Union in 1944 as part of the People's Army of Poland. The organization begun in August under the command of generals Karol Świerczewski and Stanislav Poplavsky, and the formation under command of general Świerczewski entered active duty in January 1945. The Second Army suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Bautzen during April 22–26, 1945. Subsequently, the Second Army was part of the final great Soviet offensive of World War II in Europe, the drive on Prague. In August 1945 most of the formation was used to create the Poznań Military District.
context_section_description: general Karol Świerczewski from 8 August 1944 to 24 September 1944 and from 26 December 1944 onward
  general Stanisław Popławski (Stanislav Poplavsky) from 25 September 1944 to 25 December 1944
  general Florian Siwicki from 1967 to 1972
caption: Karol Świerczewski (front). The two other officers are Marian Spychalski and Michał Rola-Żymierski
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