Bronisław Stanisław Rakowski (20 June 1895 in Szczucin – 28 December 1950 in Buenos Aires[1]) was a Polish general. He fought in the Polish legions during World War I. As a Colonel defending Lviv he refused entry to the Soviet Army during the Soviet invasion of Poland, instead suggesting the Soviets advance on German positions,[2] and after the city capitulated, was later imprisoned by the Soviet NKVD. During World War II, he fought in the Anders Army and Polish Armed Forces in the West.[3]
Career timeline edit
- 1931–1936: Commanding Officer 12th Ulan Regiment
- 1936–1939: Head of Army Historical Bureau
- 1939–1941: Prisoner of War, Soviet Union
- 1941–1942: General Officer Commanding 8th Division[4]
- 1942: General Officer Commanding 5th Division
- 1942–1943: Chief of Staff Polish Forces in Soviet Union[5]
- 1943–1944: General Officer Commanding 2nd Armoured Brigade[3]
- 1944–1947: General Officer Commanding 2nd Armoured Division (2 Warszawska Dywizja Pancerna)[3][4]
Honours and awards edit
- Gold Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari (previously awarded the Silver Cross)
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Cross of Independence
- Cross of Valour - four times
- Gold Cross of Merit with Swords
- Officer's Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Distinguished Service Order (United Kingdom)[6]
- Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy)
References edit
- ^ "Deaths Elsewhere". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1951-01-01. p. 30. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
- ^ Moorhouse, Roger (2019). First to fight : the Polish War 1939. London: Random House. pp. 248–9. ISBN 978-1-84792-460-5. OCLC 1108710545.
- ^ a b c Kochanski, Halik (2012). The eagle unbowed : Poland and the Poles in the Second World War (First ed.). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. pp. 467, 602. ISBN 978-0-674-06816-2. OCLC 823740108.
- ^ a b Protassewicz, Irena (2019). A Polish Woman's experience in World War II : conflict, deportation and exile. London. p. 229. ISBN 978-1-350-07994-6. OCLC 1082137024.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Bałuk, Stefan (2008). Poland at arms 1939-1945. Warsaw: Polonia Publishers. p. 64. ISBN 978-83-7021-117-2. OCLC 25371705.
- ^ "Rakowski, Bronislaw Stanislaw - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
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