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Witold Pilecki (Polish: [ˈvitɔlt piˈlɛt͡skʲi] ⓘ; 13 May 1901 – 25 May 1948), known by the codenames Roman Jezierski, Tomasz Serafiński, Druh and Witold, [1] was a Polish World War II cavalry officer, intelligence agent, and resistance leader.
August Emil Fieldorf (nom de guerre: “Nil”; 20 March 1895 – 24 February 1953) was a Polish brigadier general [1] who served as deputy commander-in-chief of the Home Army [2] after the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising (August 1944 – October 1944).
Kazimierz Klimczak (15 February 1914 – 14 July 2023) was a Polish soldier. He turned 100 on 15 February 2014, and died on 14 July 2023, at the age of 109. [1] At the time of his death, he was the oldest living Warsaw Uprising veteran and the oldest living man in Poland.
Franciszek Gajowniczek (15 November 1901 – 13 March 1995) was a Polish army sergeant whose life was saved at the Auschwitz concentration camp by Catholic priest Maximilian Kolbe, who volunteered to die in his place. Gajowniczek had been sent to Auschwitz concentration camp from a Gestapo prison in Tarnów.
The Polish armed forces, then known as Polish People's Army, were part of the Soviet-controlled Warsaw Pact. Polish units took part in occupying Czechoslovakia in response to the Prague Spring in 1968. The command post for the invasion was actually located on Polish soil, at Marshal Ivan Yakubovsky's Legnica headquarters. [1]
Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński (June 13, 1930 – February 11, 2004) was a Polish Army colonel and Cold War spy for NATO. He was posthumously promoted to brigadier general by Polish President Andrzej Duda. [1] Between 1972 and 1981 Kukliński passed top-secret Soviet documents to the CIA, including Soviet plans for the invasion of Western Europe. [2]
On 13 May 1935, following Piłsudski's death, Rydz was nominated by the president and government of Poland to serve in the capacity of the Inspector-General of the Polish Armed Forces, the highest Polish military office. This was done in accordance with Piłsudski's wishes.
This is confirmed by the international organisation "Memorial", the Polish Institute of National Remembrance and the Arkhangelsk Province archives. The above information would not allow Witold Gliński to have taken part in the Long Walk. Archives of the Polish Army in the West, and his death certificate confirm that Witold Gliński was born in ...