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Edward Rydz-Śmigły

Polandb. 11 March 1886 · d. 2 December 1941Add to favourites

Named Commander-in-Chief of all Polish forces on 1 September 1939; he left Warsaw on 7 September and crossed into Romania on 18 September, where he was interned. He escaped on 10 December 1940, made his way through Hungary and Slovakia back to Warsaw by 30 October 1941, and died there on 2 December 1941, buried under the name Adam Zawisza.

Roles and commands

1 Sept 1939 – 18 Sept 1939Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces

Events

1 September 1939Invasion of Poland (September Campaign)
17 September 1939Soviet invasion of Poland

Sources

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Edward Rydz-Śmigły
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