36th Infantry Regiment Poland

The 36th Infantry Regiment of the Academic Legion was a Polish military unit. It fought with distinction in the Polish-Bolshevik War, the Polish Defensive War and in the Warsaw Uprising. The regiment was an all-volunteer force made up of students from Warsaw-based universities on November 11, 1918, that is the day Poland regained her independence. It was officially recreated by order of Tadeusz Bór-Komowski on August 23, 1939, and was attached to the Łódź Army. During the German occupation, veterans of the 36th Regiment were joined in the VI Home Area and took part in the fights in Praga, Mokotw, and Czerniakw. The Regiment fought in Operation Tempest, but also in heavy fighting for the boroughs of Żoliborz, Cokolibarz, and Mokorz nad Poznań. It also fought in the battle of Duniłowicze on June 3, 1920, which became the Regiment's feast day.