to the name of the unit. World War II Before the outbreak of World War II the 82nd regiment was attached to the Polish 30th Infantry Division commanded by Brigadier General Leopold Cehak. It was secretly mobilized between March 23 and March 27, 1939, and moved to the village of Szczerców where it formed a defensive line at the Widawka River. After the outbreak of the Polish Defensive War of 1939 it was attacked on September 2. The regiment fought in the ranks of the "Piotrków Corps" of the Polish Łódź Army under general Juliusz Rómmel. See also Russian Civil War Polish-Bolshevik War Polish Defensive War of 1939 List of Polish divisions in WWI Czech Legion References 05 Military units and formations established in 1918 Polish divisions of World War I Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War 1918 establishments in Poland