The following is a list of Polish

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s, that is the people who held the rank of general, as well as those who acted as ''de facto'' generals by commanding a division or brigade. Note that until the

Partitions of Poland The Partitions of Poland were three partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that took place toward the end of the 18th century and ended the existence of the state, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland and Lithuania for 12 ...

of late 18th century the rank of general as such was mostly (though not exclusively) reserved for commanders of artillery, while large tactical units (equivalent of divisions) were usually commanded by

hetman ( uk, гетьман, translit=het'man) is a political title from Central and Eastern Europe, historically assigned to military commanders. Used by the Czechs in Bohemia since the 15th century. It was the title of the second-highest military ...

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voivode Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the me ...

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Crown of the Kingdom of ...

Mikołaj Abramowicz Mikołaj Abramowicz or Abrahamowicz ( lt, Mikalojus Abrahamovičius; 1590s – 1651) was a Polish–Lithuanian soldier who was one of the leading military and diplomatic figures of his period. Life A szlachcic of Jastrzębiec coat of arms, M ...

Krzysztof Arciszewski Krzysztof Arciszewski (9 December 1592 in Rogalin – 7 April 1656 near Gdańsk (Danzig), Poland) was a Polish nobleman, military officer, engineer, and ethnographer. Arciszewski also served as a general of artillery for the Netherlands and Polan ...

* Józef Bielak * Franciszek Ksawery Branicki * Alojzy Brühl *

August Aleksander Czartoryski Prince August Aleksander Czartoryski (9 November 1697, Warsaw4 April 1782, Warsaw) was a member of the Polish nobility (), magnate. He is the founder of the Czartoryski family fortune. Life August became major-general of the Polish Army in 1729 ...

Ignacy Działyński Ignacy Erazm Działyński (1754–1797) was a Polish nobleman ( szlachcic) of Ogończyk coat of arms and a military officer, known for his participation in the Warsaw Uprising of 1794. Biography Born in 1754 in Konarzewo near Poznań, he wa ...

* Subchan Ghazi aga *

Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski Wincenty Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski '' de armis'' Ślepowron (c. 1620 – 29 November 1662) – was a Polish nobleman, general, Field-Commander of Lithuania from 1654, Grand Treasurer of Lithuania and Lithuanian Great-Quartermaster since 1652 ...

Józef Judycki Józef Judycki (died 1797) was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth noble. Marshal of the Lithuanian Tribunal in 1777, Lithuanian Great Guard (''strażnik wielki litewski'') from 1776, Lithuanian Great Quartermaster (''oboźny wielki litewski'') fro ...

* Krzysztof Korycki *

Tadeusz Kościuszko Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko ( be, Andréj Tadévuš Banavientúra Kasciúška, en, Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciuszko; 4 or 12 February 174615 October 1817) was a Polish military engineer, statesman, and military leader who ...

* Antoni Benedykt Lubomirski *

Jerzy Ignacy Lubomirski Prince Jerzy Ignacy Lubomirski (1687–1753) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic). Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland), Order of the White Eagle, awarded on 3 August 1727. Lubomirski was owner of Rzeszów, Rozwadów and Żelechów es ...

* Marcin Lubomirski *

Michał Lubomirski Michał Lubomirski (1752–1809) was a Polish military commander and a Lieutenant General of the Polish Army. A son to Stanisław Lubomirski (1704–1793), he should not be confused with his ancestor Aleksander Michał Lubomirski. References ...

Andrzej Mokronowski Andrzej Mokronowski (1713–1784) was a member of the Polish szlachta, a politician and general of the Polish Army. He was the first Polish Mason and founder of the first Masonic Lodge in Poland, opened in 1774 in Warsaw. He was made a Knight o ...

Fryderyk Józef Moszyński Fryderyk Józef Jan Kanty Moszyński (1738 in Dresden – 21 January 1817 in Kiev) of Nałęcz coat of arms was a noble (''szlachcic'') in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He held the offices of Referendary of Lithuania, Great Secretary ...

Józef Orłowski Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

Piotr Ożarowski Piotr Ożarowski (; 1725 – 9 May 1794 in Warsaw) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), politic and military commander. Member of the infamous Confederation of Targowica, he reached the offices of Great Crown Hetman and castellan of Wojnice. Early su ...

Józef Poniatowski Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski (; 7 May 1763 – 19 October 1813) was a Polish general, minister of war and army chief, who became a Marshal of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. A nephew of king Stanislaus Augustus of Poland (), ...

* Kazimierz Poniatowski * Stanisław Poniatowski * Stanisław Kostka Potocki *

Szczęsny Potocki Szczęsny ( ; feminine: Szczęsna), Szczesny, or Sczesny is a Polish given name and surname, meaning "lucky". It is the Polish equivalent of the Czech and Slovak surname Šťastný. Notable people Surname * Bernard Szczęsny (1919–1999), ...

* Wincenty Potocki *

Zygmunt Przyjemski Zygmunt Przyjemski of Rawicz (died 3 June 1652) was a Polish military commander and a member of the administration of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. A general of artillery and, at the same time, the Field Writer of the Crown,(1907). STANISŁ ...

* Stanisław Mateusz Rzewuski * Aleksander Michał Sapieha * Kazimierz Nestor Sapieha *

Kazimierz Siemienowicz Kazimierz Siemienowicz ( la, Casimirus Siemienowicz, lt, Kazimieras Simonavičius; born 1600 – 1651) was a general of artillery, gunsmith, military engineer, and one of pioneers of rocketry. Born in the Raseiniai region of the Grand Duchy o ...

* Michał Stachurski * Samuel Świderski * Jan Tarło * Michał Wielhorski * Ludwik Wirtemberg * Jan de Witte * Michał Zabiełło * Szymon Zabiełło

Kościuszko Uprising The Kościuszko Uprising, also known as the Polish Uprising of 1794 and the Second Polish War, was an uprising against the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia led by Tadeusz Kościuszko in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the P ...

Jan August Cichocki Jan August Cichocki (1750–1795) was a Polish military officer and a general of the Polish Army, notable for his service in the Warsaw Uprising (1794). Thanks to a scholarship funded by Alois Bruhl, Cichocki studied artillery tactics in Dresden. ...

* Jan Henryk Dąbrowski * Krystian Godfryd Deybel de Hammerau * Jakub Jasiński * Andrzej Karwowski * Józef Kopeć *

Antoni Madaliński Antoni Madaliński (1739–1805) – Polish Lieutenant General, commander of 1st Greater Polish National Cavalry Brigade during Kościuszko Uprising. He was Bar Confederation participant. In 1786 was elected deputy and soon after deputy on G ...

* Stanisław Mokronowski *

* Eustachy Sanguszko * Wojciech Strasz *

Tomasz Wawrzecki Tomasz Antoni Wawrzecki () (1753–1816) was a distinguished Polish-Lithuanian politician and military commander. During Kościuszko Uprising, he succeeded Tadeusz Kościuszko as the . Early life Tomasz Wawrzecki was born in the in 1754 or 7 ...

* Michał Wielhorski * Stanisław Wodzicki *

Józef Zajączek Prince Józef Zajączek (; 1 November 1752 – 28 August 1826) was a Polish general and politician. Zajączek started his career in the Army of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, an aide-de-camp to hetman Franciszek Ksawery Branicki. He ...

Duchy of Warsaw The Duchy of Warsaw ( pl, Księstwo Warszawskie, french: Duché de Varsovie, german: Herzogtum Warschau), also known as the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and Napoleonic Poland, was a French client state established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, during ...

* Wincenty Aksamitowski * Łukasz Biegański * Józef Chłopicki * Michał Cichocki * Jan Henryk Dąbrowski * Jan Michał Dąbrowski *

Ludwik Mateusz Dembowski Ludwik Mateusz Dembowski, also known as Louis-Mathieu Dembowski (1768, Dębowa Góra, Poland - 1812, Valladolid, Spain), was a Polish general and traveler. After the fall of the Kościuszko Uprising went to France. He served in Polish Legions un ...

Dominik Dziewanowski Dominik Dziewanowski (Płonne, 1759–1827, Płonne) was a Polish military officer, a general in the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw. Life Family Dominik Dziewanowski was a Polish nobleman who came from a Mazowsze szlachta family of the Jastrzębi ...

* Sykstus Estko * Hipolit Falkowski *

Stanisław Fiszer Stanisław Fiszer (1769–1812) was Polish General and Chief of Staff of the Duchy of Warsaw. He was married to Wirydianna Fiszerowa, remembered for her memoirs. An inhabitant of Poland, his family was originally from Germany. Between 1783 and 17 ...

* Wilhelm Fiszer * Ignacy Giełgud * Józef Grabiński *

Michał Grabowski Michał Grabowski of the Oksza coat of arms (1773 – 17 August 1812) was a brigadier general of the Army of Duchy of Warsaw. Early life He was the natural son of the King of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski and Elizabeth Grabowska ...

Stefan Grabowski Stefan may refer to: * Stefan (given name) * Stefan (surname) * Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname * Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname * Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writ ...

* Maurycy Hauke * Kajetan Hebdowski * Ludwik Kamieniecki * Michał Ignacy Kamieński * Krzysztof Karwicki * Stanisław Klicki * Karol Kniaziewicz * Jakub Komierowski * Jan Konopka * Antoni Almikar Kosiński * Józef Kossakowski * Ksawery Kossecki * Izydor Krasiński *

Wincenty Krasiński Count Wincenty Krasiński (5 April 1782 – 24 November 1858) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), political activist and military leader. He was the father of Zygmunt Krasiński, one of Poland's Three Bards—Poland's greatest romantic poets. ...

* Ludwik Kropiński * Jan Krukowiecki * Zygmunt Kurnatowski * Walenty Kwaśniewski * Józef Łazowski * Tomasz Łubieński * Józef Benedykt Łączyński *

Kazimierz Małachowski Kazimierz Małachowski of Gryf (1765–1845) was a Polish military officer and a general of both the armed forces of Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland. A recipient of Virtuti Militari for his actions during the Napoleonic Wars, he is ...

Stanisław Małachowski Count Stanisław Małachowski, of the Nałęcz coat-of-arms (; 1736–1809) was the first List of Polish Prime Ministers, Prime Minister of Poland, a member of the Poland, Polish government's Permanent Council (Rada Nieustająca) (1776–1780), M ...

* Wojciech Męciński * Stanisław Mielżyński * Ernest Jan Karol Mirbach * Franciszek Morawski * Karol Morawski * Józef Niemojewski * Ksawery Niesiołowski *

Ludwik Michał Pac Count Ludwik Michał Pac (; ; 5 March or 19 May 1780 – 9 December 1835) was a France-born commander in the '' Grande Armée'', the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw and the Uprising of 1831. Depending on the source, he is called Lithuanian or Poli ...

* Czesław Pakosz * Franciszek Paszkowski * Jean Baptiste Pelletier * Michał Pełczyński * Michał Piotrowski *

* Stanisław Potocki *

Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł Prince Michał Gedeon Hieronim Radziwiłł (24 September 1778 – 24 May 1850) was a Polish–Lithuanian szlachcic, senator, owner of the Nieborów and others properties. Related to Radziwiłł family from Nieśwież ( Dominik Hieronim Radziwił ...

* Józef Rautenstrauch *

Aleksander Rożniecki Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

* Eustachy Sanguszko * Julian Sierawski * Paweł Skórzewski * Michał Sokolnicki *

Antoni Paweł Sułkowski Prince Antoni Paweł Sułkowski (born 31 December 1785 in Leszno,Samuel Orgelbrand, Encyklopedja Powszechna, Volume 14', 1903, pg. 163 died 13 April 1836 in Rydzyna), of the Sułkowski family, was a Polish division general (who also spent time in ...

* Józef Toliński * Kazimierz Turno * Tadeusz Tyszkiewicz * Jan Nepomucen Umiński * Józef Wasilewski * Jan Weyssenhoff *

Józef Wielhorski Józef Wielhorski (1759–1817) was a Polish general. As an officer (rotmistrz) he fought in the Polish–Russian War of 1792 and later, as a colonel, in the Kościuszko Uprising. Tadeusz Kościuszko sent him to revolutionary France with the ...

* Stanisław Wojczyński * Jan Henryk Wołodkowicz *

* Edward Żółtowski

November 1830 Uprising

* Józef Bem * Dezydery Chłapowski * Józef Chłopicki *

Wojciech Chrzanowski Wojciech Chrzanowski (14 January 1793 – 26 February 1861) was a Polish general who participated in Napoleon's Russian campaign and in the battles of Leipzig, Paris, and Waterloo. After Napoleon's final defeat he served in the national army of ...

* Henryk Dembiński * Ludwik Kicki * Ignacy Prądzyński *

* Maciej Rybiński * Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki * Józef Longin Sowiński * Karol Turno *

Franciszek Żymirski Franciszek () is a masculine given name of Polish origin (female form Franciszka). It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include: *Edward Pfeiffer (Franciszek Edward Pfeiffer) (1895–1964), Polish gen ...

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and t ...

Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski Włodzimierz Bonawentura Krzyżanowski (; 8 July 1824 – 31 January 1887) was a Polish American engineer, politician, and brigadier general in the Union Army. A Polish noble, he took part in the 1848 uprising against Prussia and left Pola ...

January 1863 Uprising

* Feliks Breański * Stanisław Brzóska * Józef Cieszkowski *

Dionizy Czachowski Dionizy Feliks Czachowski (born April 6, 1810 in Niedabyl, died November 6, 1863 in Jawor Solecki) was a Polish general and commander of the Sandomierz Voivodeship during the January Uprising in Congress Poland. Dionizy, through his mother, w ...

* Jan Chalewski * Onfury Duchiński * Józef Hauke-Bosak * Michał Heidenreich * Artur Gołuchowski * Antoni Jeziorański * Zygmunt Jordan *

Ignacy Kruszewski Ignacy Marceli Kruszewski ( Lusławice, 6 January 1799 - 25 December 1879, Gogołów, near Jasło) was a Polish military leader. Life Kruszewski participated as a colonel in the November 1830 Uprising as aide-de-camp to General Józef Grzegor ...

* Stanisław Krzesimowski * Apolinary Kurowski *

Marian Langiewicz Marian Langiewicz, full name Marian Antoni Melchior Langiewicz (; 5 August 1827, Krotoszyn – 11 May 1887, Istanbul), was a Polish patriot notable as a military leader of the January Uprising in 1863. Biography He was born in the province o ...

* Teofil Łapiński * Ludwik Mierosławski * Józef Miniewski * Zygmunt Padlewski * Edmund Różyński * Karol Różyński * Zygmunt Sierakowski * Edmund Taczanowski * Romuald Traugutt * Aleksander Waligórski * Walery Antoni Wróblewski * Józef Wysocki * Władysław Zbyszewski *

Władysław Zamoyski Count Władysław Zamoyski (1853–1924) was a French-born Polish nobleman ( szlachcic), diplomat and heir of Kórnik, Głuchów, Janusz, Babin and Bargów (estates in the Grand Duchy of Poznań). Having acquired estates on the Polish ...

* Menotti Garibaldi * Francesco Nullo * François de Rochebrune

Paris Commune The Paris Commune (french: Commune de Paris, ) was a revolutionary government that seized power in Paris, the capital of France, from 18 March to 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the French National Guard had defende ...

* Roman Czarnomski * Jarosław Dąbrowski * August Okołowicz

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
, Polish-Soviet War and national uprisings of the period

* Franciszek Aleksandrowicz * Zachariasz Bakradze *

Leon Berbecki Leon Berbecki (28 July 1875, Lublin – 23 March 1963, Gliwice) was a Polish army officer, who fought in the Russo-Japanese War and World War I with the Imperial Russian Army. Following the foundation of the Second Polish Republic, Berbecki ...

Stefan Dąb-Biernacki Stefan Dąb-Biernacki (7 January 1890 – 9 February 1959) was a Polish commander who served as the commander of the Prusy Army during the invasion of Poland in 1939. Early career He was a member of the Polish Legions in World War I, and he lat ...

* Henryk Karol Korab-Bobkowski * Louis Bonin * Jerzy Dunin-Borkowski * Józef Dunin-Borkowski * Tadeusz Bylewski * Aleksander Czcheidze *

Walerian Czuma Walerian Czuma (24 December 1890 – 7 April 1962) was a Polish general and military commander. He is notable for his command over a Polish unit in Siberia during the Russian Civil War, and the commander of the defence of Warsaw during the siege ...

* Mieczysław Dąbkowski * Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski * Gustaw Orlicz-Dreszer *

Karol Durski-Trzaska Karol Durski-Trzaska (1849–1935) was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army and later, Polish Army. Reached the rank of Lieutenant General (''Feldmarschalleutnant'') in Austrian-Hungarian Army; commander of Austrian Polish Legions in World War ...

* Andrzej Galica * Władysław Glass * Roman Górecki * Kazimierz Grudzielski *

Józef Haller de Hallenburg Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

* Stanisław Haller de Hallenburg * Eugeniusz de Henning-Michaelis * Kazimierz Horoszkiewicz * Stefan Hubicki *

Marian Żegota-Januszajtis Marian may refer to: People * Mari people, a Finno-Ugric ethnic group in Russia * Marian (given name), a list of people with the given name * Marian (surname), a list of people so named Places * Marian, Iran (disambiguation) * Marian, Queensla ...

* Albin Jasinski * Tadeusz Jastrzębski * Tadeusz Kasprzycki * Roman Gozdawa-Kawecki * Daniel Konarzewski * Tadeusz Kutrzeba * Gustaw Kuchinka * Bolesław Kraupa * Karol Kraus * Aleksander Karnicki *

Franciszek Krajowski Franciszek Krajowski ( cs, František Králíček; 30 September 1861 in Velešín – 22 November 1932 in Brest) was a Czech-Polish military officer and a General of the Polish Army The Land Forces () are the land forces of the Polish Armed ...

* Franciszek Latinik * Aleksander Litwinowicz * Kazimierz Ładoś * Gustaw Macewicz * Mikołaj Majewski *

Stefan Majewski Stefan Majewski (born 31 January 1956) is a Polish former professional footballer and football manager. Club career Majewski was born in Bydgoszcz. He played for clubs such as Gwiazda Bydgoszcz, Zawisza Bydgoszcz, Legia Warsaw, 1. FC Kaiserslau ...

* Julian Malczewski *

Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki (Iosif Romanovich while in the Russian military; sometimes also Dowbór-Muśnicki; ; 25 October 1867 – 26 October 1937) was a Russian military officer and Polish general, serving with the Imperial Russian and then Pol ...

Henryk Minkiewicz Henryk Minkiewicz (19 January 1880 – 9 April 1940) was a Polish socialist politician and a general of the Polish Army. Former commander of the Border Defence Corps, he was among the Polish officers murdered in the Katyń massacre.; ; ; ; ; ; ...

* Jan Mischke *

Józef Piłsudski Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Naczelnik państwa, Chief of State (1918–1922) and Marshal of Poland, First Marshal of Second Polish Republic, Poland (from 1920). He was ...

* Kazimierz Pławski * Eugeniusz Pogorzelski * Olgierd Pożerski * Władysław Belina-Prażmowski *

Stanisław Puchalski Stanisław Puchalski, of Puchała coat of arms (5 January 1867, in Wapowce – 16 January 1931, in Warsaw) was an Austro-Hungarian and Polish general. References * ''Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950'', Band VIII., Wien 1 ...

* Kazimierz Raszewski *

Bolesław Roja Brigadier General Bolesław Jerzy Roja (4 April 1876 − 27 May 1940) was an officer of the Polish Legions in World War I, a general, and a politician in the Second Polish Republic, recipient of some of the highest Polish military awards includin ...

* Aleksander Romanowicz * Jan Romer * Eugeniusz Romiszewski * Modest Romiszewski * Stanisław Rouppert * Tadeusz Rozwadowski * Juliusz Rómmel * Wacław Rudoszański-Iwaszkiewicz * Józef Rybak *

Edward Śmigły-Rydz Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...

* Bolesław Bohusz-Siestrzeńcewicz *

Władysław Sikorski Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski (; 20 May 18814 July 1943) was a Polish military and political leader. Prior to the First World War, Sikorski established and participated in several underground organizations that promoted the cause for Polish i ...

Leonard Skierski Leonard Wilhelm Skierski (26 April 1866 – 1940) was a Polish military officer. He was a general of the Imperial Russian Army and then served in the Polish Army. He fought in World War I and in the Polish–Soviet War. He was one of fourtee ...

Julian Stachiewicz Brigadier General Julian Stachiewicz (; 1890-1934) was a Polish Army officer and a historian and writer. Life Julian Stachiewicz was the brother of General Wacław Stachiewicz. Before World War I he joined the Riflemen's Association. In 1914-2 ...

* Stanisław Szeptycki * Józef Świętorzecki * Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski * Władysław Wejtko * Mieczysław Windakiewicz * Jerzy Wołkowicki * Sergiusz Zahorski * Zygmunt Zieliński *

Lucjan Żeligowski Lucjan Żeligowski (; 17 October 1865 – 9 July 1947) was a Polish-Lithuanian general, politician, military commander and veteran of World War I, the Polish-Soviet War and World War II. He is mostly remembered for his role in Żeligowski's ...

Polish high-ranking officers who served abroad

* Józef Bem * Jan Henryk Dąbrowski *

Wiktor Grzesicki Wiktor may refer to: *Andrzej Wiktor (1931–2018), Polish malacologist *Wiktor Andersson (1887–1966), Swedish film actor *Wiktor Balcarek (1915–1998), Polish chess player *Wiktor Biegański (1892–1974), Polish actor, film director and screen ...

* Henryk Wierusz-Kowalski * Adam Nowotny * Maurycy Schmidt * Tadeusz Unrug * Antoni Zdrojewski *

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

Roman Abraham Roman Józef Abraham (28 February 1891, Lwów – 26 August 1976, Warsaw) was a Polish cavalry general, commander of the Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade during the German and Soviet Invasion of Poland in September 1939, and Battle of Bzura comman ...

* Franciszek Alter *

Władysław Anders ) , birth_name = Władysław Albert Anders , birth_date = , birth_place = Krośniewice-Błonie, Warsaw Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire , death_date = , death_place = London, England, United Kingdom , serviceyears ...

* Zygmunt Berling * Janusz de Beaurain *

Leon Billewicz Leon Billewicz (April 25, 1870 in Werbiczna – April 1940) was a Polish officer and a General of the Polish Army. He was murdered during the Katyń massacre. Biography Service Initially serving with the Imperial Russian Army, in November 19 ...

* Ludwik Bittner (''Halik'' or ''Halka'') * Karol Bogucki *

Bronisław Bohatyrewicz Bronisław Bohatyrewicz of Ostoja (1870–1940) was a Polish military commander and a general of the Polish Army. Murdered during the Katyn massacre, Bohatyrewicz was one of the Generals whose bodies were identified by forensic scientists of the ...

Mikołaj Bołtuć Mikołaj Bołtuć (21 December 1893 in Saint Petersburg – 22 September 1939 near Łomianki) was a brigadier-general of the Polish Army, commander of the IV Polish infantry Division during World War II. He was the son of Ignacy Bołtuć, Rus ...

* Ottokar Brzoza-Brzezina * Władysław Bończa-Uzdowski * Władysław Bortnowski *

Mieczysław Boruta-Spiechowicz Mieczysław Ludwik Boruta-Spiechowicz (20 February 1894, in Rzeszów – 13 October 1985, in Zakopane) was a Polish military officer, a general of the Polish Army and a notable member of the post-war anti-communist opposition in Poland. He joine ...

* Adam Brzechwa-Ajdukiewicz * Stanisław Burghardt-Bukacki * Leopold Cehak * Antoni Chruściel * Jan Chmurowicz *

* Stanisław Dąbek (posthumously) * Mieczysław Dąbkowski * Franciszek Dindorf-Ankowicz *

Juliusz Drapella Juliusz Alfred Drapella was a Polish brigadier general of the Polish Armed Forces who was most notable during his service in World War II. Biography Juliusz Alfred Drapella was born on November 3, 1886, in Wieprz, to the family of Ludwik Drapella ...

* Rudolf Dreszer * Konstanty Drucki-Lubecki * Bolesław Bronisław Duch * Kazimierz Dworak * Leopold Engel-Ragis * Adam Epler *

Kazimierz Fabrycy Kazimierz Fabrycy (3 March 1888, Odessa – 18 July 1958) was a Polish general. Early life Kazimierz Fabrycy was born on March 3, 1888 in Odessa, in the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire. Upon graduating from school in Niemirów he enr ...

* August Emil Fieldorf (''Nil'') * Julian Filipowicz *

Janusz Gąsiorowski Janusz Gąsiorowski (1889-1949; born in Lemberg) was a Polish general, commander of the Polish 7th Infantry Division during the German invasion of Poland The invasion of Poland (1 September – 6 October 1939) was a joint attack on the Rep ...

* Józef Giza * Kazimierz Glabisz * Janusz Głuchowski *

Stanisław Grzmot-Skotnicki Stanisław Grzmot-Skotnicki (; 13 January 1894 – 19 September 1939) was a Polish military commander and a general of the Polish Army. During the invasion of Poland of 1939 he commanded the Czersk Operational Group and was among the highest r ...

* Eugeniusz de Henning-Michaelis * Czesław Jarnuszkiewicz * Jan Jur-Gorzechowski * Władysław Jędrzejewski * Władysław Kalkus * Maksymilian Milan-Kamski * Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski *

Jan Karcz Jan Karcz (16 October 1892, in Modlica near Kraków – 25 January 1943, in Auschwitz) was a Polish Army Colonel, posthumously promoted to the rank of a Brigadier General. During the Second World War he was held and murdered in the Birkenau conc ...

* Jan Wojciech Kiwerski *

Franciszek Kleeberg Franciszek Kleeberg (1 February 1888, in Tarnopol – 5 April 1941, near Dresden) was a Polish general. He served in the Austro-Hungarian Army before joining the Polish Legions in World War I and later the Polish Army. During the German Invasion ...

Tadeusz Klimecki Tadeusz Klimecki (November 23, 1895July 4, 1943) – Brigadier General of the Polish Army, Chief of Polish General Staff. Early life and service in the Imperial and Royal Army Tadeusz Klimecki was born in Tarnów, Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empi ...

* * Ludwik Kmicic-Skrzyński *

Edmund Knoll-Kownacki Gen.bryg. Edmund Stanisław Knoll-Kownacki (1891–1953) was a Polish military officer and a high-ranking commander of the Polish Army. Youth Son of Kazimierz and Maria von Eynatten. After his matura exam in 1908 in Kaluga, he continued his ...

Stanisław Kopański General Stanisław Kopański (19 May 1895 – 23 March 1976) was a Polish military commander, politician, diplomat, an engineer and one of the best-educated Polish officers of the time, serving with distinction during World War II. He is best kno ...

* Stefan Kossecki * Wincenty Kowalski * Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski *

Alojzy Wir-Konas Alojzy Wir-Konas (Maków Podhalański, 1894 – 1940) was a Polish military commander and the Colonel in the Polish Army. Serving as Divisional Commander during the Invasion of Poland, he was murdered in the Katyn massacre. Alojzy Konas joined th ...

* Tadeusz Kossakowski * Jan Kruszewski *

Marian Kukiel Marian Włodzimierz Kukiel (pseudonyms: ''Marek Kąkol'', ''Stach Zawierucha''; 15 May 1885 in Dąbrowa Tarnowska – 15 August 1973 in London) was a Polish major general, historian, social and political activist. One of the founders of Zwi ...

* Józef Kustroń * Tadeusz Kutrzeba * Jan Kazimierz Kruszewski * Józef Kwaciszewski *

Stanisław Kwaśniewski Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, Cal ...

Władysław Langner Władysław Aleksander Langner (18 June 1896 in Jaworów 28 September 1972) was a Polish general, best known as commander of the Siege of Lwów in 1939. Early career Władysław Langner spent his childhood in the Polish town of Tarnów, where ...

* Wilhelm Liszka-Lawicz * Gustaw Łowczowski * Mieczysław Maciejowski *

Stanisław Maczek Lieutenant General Stanisław Maczek (; 31 March 1892 – 11 December 1994) was a Polish tank commander of World War II, whose division was instrumental in the Allied liberation of France, closing the Falaise pocket, resulting in the destructio ...

* Juliusz Tarnawa-Malczewski * Stanisław Kostka Miller * Czesław Młot-Fijałkowski * Izydor Modelski *

Bernard Mond Bernard Stanisław Mond (Spanier) (November 14, 1887 in Stanisławów – July 5, 1957 in Kraków) was a Polish general of the Jewish background in the interwar period. He fought in the First World War, Polish–Ukrainian War, Polish–Soviet War ...

* Witold Dzierżykraj-Morawski (posthumously) * Stefan Mossor * Aleksander Narbut-Łuczyński * Mieczyslaw Norwid-Neugebauer * Roman Odzierzyński * Leopold Okulicki * Bruno Olbrycht * Józef Olszyna-Wilczynski * Kazimierz Orlik-Łukoski * Wilhelm Orlik-Rückemann * Michał Ostrowski *

Ignacy Oziewicz Ignacy Oziewicz, pseudonyms: "Czesław", "Czesławski", "Netta", "Jenczewski" (7 May 1887 – 10 January 1966) was a colonel of the Polish Army and a commandant of the National Armed Forces from 1942 to 1943. Biography Early life and mil ...

Gustaw Paszkiewicz Gustaw Paszkiewicz (1 April 1892 – 27 February 1955) was a soldier of the Imperial Russian Army, and officer of the Polish Army. He entered the military service in 1914, at the age of 22, fighting as Russian soldier in World War I. Paszkiewicz wa ...

* Henryk Krok-Paszkowski * Stefan Pawlikowski (posthumously) * Tadeusz Pełczyński * Zygmunt Piasecki * Konrad Piekarski *

Tadeusz Piskor Tadeusz Ludwik Piskor (1889–1951) was a Polish Army general. Life and career Piskor was born on 1 February 1889 in Bór Kunowski. Before World War I, he was a member of Polish pro-independence organizations. During World War I he served in t ...

* Konstanty Plisowski *

Zygmunt Podhorski Zygmunt Podhorski ( nom de guerre Zaza; May 25, 1891 – September 12, 1960) was Brigadier General of the Polish Army. Born May 25, 1891, Podhorski fought in World War I (in the Russian Imperial Army), Polish–Soviet War and the Invasion of Poland ...

* Bolesław Popowicz * Władysław Powierza * Bronisław Prugar-Ketling * Mikołaj Prus-Więckowski * Emil Przedrzymirski-Krukowicz * Wacław Jan Przeździecki * Zdzisław Przyjałkowski * Bronisław Rakowski * Stanisław Rawicz-Dziewulski * Ludomił Rayski (air forces) *

Stefan Rowecki Stefan Paweł Rowecki (pseudonym: ''Grot'', "Spearhead", hence the alternate name, Stefan Grot-Rowecki; 25 December 1895 – 2 August 1944) was a Polish general, journalist and the leader of the Armia Krajowa. He was murdered by the Gestapo in ...

Klemens Rudnicki Klemens Rudnicki (28 March 1897 – 12 June 1992) was a General of the Polish Army, who fought in World War I, Polish–Soviet War and the Invasion of Poland. He served in the military since 1914 until 1947. Klemens Stanisław Rudnicki (nom de gue ...

* Juliusz Rómmel * Edward Rydz-Śmigły ( Marshal of Poland) * Mieczysław Ryś-Trojanowski * Kazimierz Sawicki * Wacław Scewola-Wieczorkiewicz * Kazimierz Schally *

Franciszek Sikorski Franciszek Jozef Sikorski (4 October 1889 Lwów – spring 1940 Kharkov) was a Polish engineer, Brigadier general of the Polish Army and a victim of the Katyn massacre murdered at Kharkiv. Life Sikorski was born in Lemberg, Austrian Galicia, ...

Piotr Skuratowicz Piotr Skuratowicz (1 August 1891 – 1940) was a Polish military commander and a General of the Polish Army. A renowned cavalryman, he was arrested by the NKVD and murdered in the Katyn massacre. Piotr Marian Skuratowicz was born 1891 in Minsk, ...

Stanisław Skwarczyński Stanisław Skwarczyński (1888–1981) was a soldier of the Austro-Hungarian Army, officer of Polish Legions in World War I, and General brygady of the Polish Army. He fought in several conflicts, including World War I, Polish-Czechoslovak War, ...

Felicjan Sławoj-Składkowski Felicjan ( uk, Феліцян, ''Felitsian'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gorzków, within Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province (Polish: ''województwo lubelski ...

Aleksander Szychowski Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

* Antoni Szymański * Jan Jagmin-Sadowski * Marian Smoleński *

Mieczysław Smorawiński Brigadier General Mieczysław Makary Smorawiński (1893–1940), was a Polish military commander and officer of the Polish Army. He was one of the Polish generals identified by forensic scientists of the Katyn Commission as the victim of the Sovi ...

* Stanisław Sosabowski * Kazimierz Sosnkowski *

Wacław Stachiewicz Wacław Teofil Stachiewicz (19 November 1894 – 12 November 1973) was a Polish writer, geologist, military commander and general of the Polish Army. A brother to General Julian Stachiewicz and the husband to General Roman Abraham's sister, Stach ...

* Kazimierz Strzemię-Marczyński * Nikodem Sulik * Bolesław Szarecki * Antoni Szylling * Władysław Szyszko-Bohusz * Stanisław Świtalski *

Stanisław Taczak Stanisław Taczak (8 April 1874, Mieszków (now in Jarocin County) – 2 March 1960, Malbork) was a Polish general. Until 8 January 1919, he was temporary commander-in-chief of the Great Poland Uprising (1918-1919). After the invasion of Po ...

Stanisław Tatar Stanisław Tatar ''nom de guerre'' "Stanisław Tabor" (October 3, 1896 – December 16, 1980) was a Polish Army colonel in the interwar period and, during World War II, one of the commanders of Armia Krajowa, Polish resistance movement. He was app ...

Wiktor Thommée Wiktor Thommée (1881–1962) was a Polish military commander and a brigadier general of the Polish Army. A veteran of the Great War and the Russian Civil War, he is best known for his command over Piotrków Operational Group and the battle of t ...

*Zygmunt August Tomaszewski * Marian Turowski *

Józef Olszyna-Wilczyński Józef Konstanty Olszyna-Wilczyński (; 27 November 1890 – 22 September 1939) was a Polish general and one of the high-ranking commanders of the Polish Army. A veteran of World War I, the Polish-Ukrainian War and the Polish-Soviet War, he w ...

* Józef Werobej * Józef Wiatr * Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski * Kazimierz Wiśniowski * Franciszek Wład * Jerzy Wołkowicki * Józef Ludwik Zając * Mikołaja Zajaczuk *

Mariusz Zaruski Mariusz Zaruski (18 January 1867 – 8 April 1941) was a brigadier-general in the Polish Army, a pioneer of Polish sports yachting, an outstanding climber of the winter and caves of Tatra Mountains. He was a photographer, painter, poet and write ...

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* Elżbieta Zawacka * Antoni Zdrojewski * Karol Ziemski * Juliusz Zulauf *

* Eugeniusz Żongołłowicz

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* Józef Baryła * Bronisław Jan Bednarz * Zygmunt Berling * Wojciech Bewziuk * Mieczysław Bień * Marian Bondzior *

Jerzy Bordziłowski Jerzy Bordziłowski (russian: Юрий Вячеславович Бордзиловский; 16 November 1900 – 5 April 1983) was a Polish and Soviet military officer and communist politician. Biography Born in Ostrów Mazowiecka to a Polish do ...

* Edmund Buła * Heliodor Cepa * Jan Czapla * Adam Czaplewski * Bolesław Czarniawski * Zbigniew Czerwiński * Tadeusz Dąbkowski * Mieczysław Dębicki * Jerzy Dymkowski * Tadeusz Dziekan * Rudolf Dzipanov * Stanisław Grodzki * Mieczysław Grudzień * Franciszek Herman * Mirosław Hermaszewski * Władysław Hermaszewski * Tadeusz Hupałowski *

Henryk Jabłoński Henryk Jan Jabłoński (; 27 December 1909 – 27 January 2003) was a Polish historian and politician. After 1948, he became a politician of the ruling Polish United Workers' Party, as well as a historian and professor at Warsaw University. He ...

* Wacław Jagas * Michał Jakubik *

Wojciech Jaruzelski Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (; 6 July 1923 – 25 May 2014) was a Polish military officer, politician and ''de facto'' leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1981 until 1989. He was the First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party b ...

* Antoni Jasiński * Franciszek Kamiński * Józef Kamiński * Jerzy Kirchmayer *

Czesław Kiszczak Czesław Jan Kiszczak (19 October 1925 – 5 November 2015) was a Polish general, communist-era interior minister (1981–1990) and prime minister (1989). In 1981 he played a key role in imposing martial law and suppression of the ''Solidarit ...

* Henryk Koczara * Aleksander Kokoszyn * Władysław Korczyc * Tytus Krawczyc * Stanisław Kruczek * Bronisław Kuriata * Józef Kuropieska * Jerzy Łagoda * Edward Łańcucki * Henryk Michałowski * Norbert Michta * Eugeniusz Molczyk * Walenty Nowak * Zbigniew Ohanowicz * Stanisław Okęcki * Stefan Orliński * Roman Paszkowski * Borys Pigarewicz * Czesław Piotrowski * Tadeusz Pióro * Władysław Polański * Fiodor Połynin * Stanisław Popławski * Edward Poradko * Bronisław Półturzycki * Jan Puławski * Otton Roczniok * Aleksander Romeyko * Edwin Rozłubirski * Marian Ryba * Florian Siwicki * Stanisław Skalski * Franciszek Skibiński * Włodzimierz Sokorski * Marian Spychalski * Tadeusz Szaciło * Szczepucha * Karol Świerczewski * Konrad Świetlik *

* Tadeusz Tuczapski * Józef Użycki * Aleksander Waszkiewicz * Czesław Waryszak * Wiktor Ziemiński * Jerzy Ziętek * Michał Żymierski

Contemporary Poland

* Janusz Adamczak * Janusz Adamczyk * Andrzej Ameljańczyk *

Rajmund Andrzejczak Rajmund Tomasz Andrzejczak (born 29 December 1967) is a Polish general, serving as Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces since 2 July 2018. Life Education He is a graduate of the Military Academy of the Armored Forces in Pozna ...

(Current chief of staff of the

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) *

Andrzej Andrzejewski Andrzej Piotr Andrzejewski (May 19, 1961 – January 23, 2008) was a Brigadier General of the Polish Air Force who died in the military plane crash in Mirosławiec along with other officers, among whom he was the highest ranking. A graduate ...

* Stanisław Babiak * Bolesław Balcerowicz * Tadeusz Bałachowicz * Andrzej Baran * Jan Baraniecki * Bolesław Baranowski * Jerzy Baranowski * Jacek Bartoszcze * Roman Baszuk * Tadeusz Bazydło * Tomasz Bąk * Bogusław Bębenek * Jarosław Bielecki * Zbigniew Bielewicz * Mieczysław Bieniek * Czesław Borowski * Aleksander Bortnowski * Zenon Bryk * Józef Buczyński * bp Mirosław Miron-Chodakowski * Józef Chmiel * Zbigniew Chruściński * Leszek Chyła * Mieczysław Cieniuch (former chief of staff of the

) * Witold Cieślewski * Zbigniew Cieślik * Wincenty Cybulski * Fryderyk Czekaj * Stanisław Czepielik * Piotr Czerwiński * Zygmunt Dominikowski * Marek Dukaczewski * Zygmunt Duleba * Andrzej Dulęba * Roman Dysarz * Józef Dziechciarz * Henryk Dziewiątka * Kazimierz Dziok * Andrzej Ekiert * Stanisław Filipiak * Józef Flis * Zbigniew Galec * Franciszek Gągor (former Chief of Staff of the

Polish Army The Land Forces () are the land forces of the Polish Armed Forces. They currently contain some 62,000 active personnel and form many components of the European Union and NATO deployments around the world. Poland's recorded military history stre ...

) * Jerzy Gil * Kazimierz Głowacki * Zbigniew Głowienka * bp

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* Janusz Godyń * Zdzisław Goral * Jerzy Gotowała * Benedykt Grobelny * Edward Gruszka * Ryszard Gruszka * Brunon Herrmann * bp Michał Sawa-Hrycuniak * Edward Hyra * Roman Iwaszkiewicz * Bolesław Izydorczyk * Zbigniew Jabłoński * Michał Jackiewicz * Kazimierz Jaklewicz * Janusz Jakubowski * Zygmunt Jasik * Tadeusz Jauer * Tadeusz Jemioło * Józef Jodłowski * Krzysztof Juniec * Mieczysław Kaczmarek * Władysław Karcz * Mieczysław Karus * Jan Kempara * Roman Klecha * Jan Klejszmit * Roman Kloc * Marian Kolczyński * January Komański * Leon Komornicki * Antoni Komorowski * Janusz Konieczny * Lech Konopka * Stanisław Koziej * Michał Krauze * Stanisław Krysiński * Marcin Krzywoszyński * Wojciech Kubiak * Józef Kuczak * Alfons Kupis * Jerzy Kurczewski * Tadeusz Kuziora *

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* Ryszard Lackner * Janusz Lalka * Andrzej Lelewski * Andrzej Lewandowski * Zbigniew Lewandowski * Julian Lewiński * Piotr Luśnia * Franciszek Macioła * Kazimierz Madej * Marian Mainda * Gustaw Maj * Julian Maj * Lech Majewski * Piotr Makarewicz * Marek Maruszyński * Włodzimierz Michalski * Ryszard Michałowski * Henryk Mika * Czesław Mikrut * Roman Misztal * Bronisław Młodziejowski * Ryszard Muszyński * Kazimierz Nalaskowski * Paweł Nowak * Stanisław Nowakowicz * Marek Ojrzanowski * Marian Oleksiak *

Ryszard Olszewski Ryszard Olszewski (7 June 1932 – 2 February 2020) was a Polish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the G ...

* Janusz Ornatowski * Krzysztof Owczarek * Bogusław Pacek * Krzysztof Pajewski * Janusz Palus * Jerzy Paszkowski * Edward Pawlica * Bronisław Peikert * Czesław Piątas (former Chief of Staff of the

) * Tadeusz Pieciukiewicz * Andrzej Pietrzyk * Edward Pietrzyk * * Roman Polko * Aleksander Poniewierka * Franciszek Puchała * Andrzej Ratajczak * Romuald Ratajczak * Adam Rębacz * Marian Robełek * Tadeusz Rusak * Józef Rzemień * Władysław Saczonek * Zygmunt Sadowski * Marek Samarcew * Bogusław Samol * Włodzimierz Sąsiadek * Kazimierz Sikorski * Krzysztof Skarbowski * Henryk Skarżyński * Waldemar Skrzypczak * Zygmunt Skuza * Jerzy Słowiński * Edmund Smakulski * Bogusław Smólski * Zenon Smutniak * Janusz Sobolewski * Marian Sobolewski * Ryszard Sorokosz * Walerian Sowa * Mieczysław Stachowiak * Stanisław Stańko * Lech Stefaniak * Jan Szałaj * Henryk Szumski * Zbigniew Szura * Edward Szwagrzyk * Krzysztof Szymański * Witold Szymański * Andrzej Szymonik * Adam Świerkocz * Henryk Tacik * Stanisław Targosz * Kazimierz Tomaszewski * Aleksander Topczak * Andrzej Trybusz * Piotr Trytek * Andrzej Tyszkiewicz * Leszek Ulandowski * Witold Urbanowicz * Antoni Walczak * Zdzisław Walczewski * Mieczysław Walentynowicz * Jan Waliszkiewicz * Zenon Werner * Zdzisław Wijas * Kazimierz Wilczewski * Tadeusz Wilecki * Grzegorz Wiśniewski * Ryszard Jan Wiśniewski * Alfred Wojciechowski *

Wojciech Wojciechowski Wojciech () is a Polish name, equivalent to Czech Vojtěch , Slovak Vojtech, and German Woitke. The name is formed from two components in archaic Polish: * ''wój'' (Slavic: ''voj''), a root pertaining to war. It also forms words like ''wojowni ...

* Stanisław Woźniak * Dariusz Wroński * Zbigniew Zalewski * Jerzy Zatoński * Włodzimierz Zieliński * Ryszard Żuchowski * Franciszek Żygis * Maciej Żytecki

Some notable Polish officers

*vice-admiral Józef Unrug (commander of the Polish Navy in

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officer) * vice-admiral

Xawery Czernicki Rear Admiral Xawery Stanisław Czernicki (1882–1940) was a Polish engineer, military commander and one of the highest-ranking officers of the Polish Navy. Considered one of the founders of Polish Navy's logistical services, he was murdered by t ...

(second commander of the Polish Navy in

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, victim of the

Katyn massacre The Katyn massacre, "Katyń crime"; russian: link=yes, Катынская резня ''Katynskaya reznya'', "Katyn massacre", or russian: link=no, Катынский расстрел, ''Katynsky rasstrel'', "Katyn execution" was a series of m ...

) * admiral Tomasz Mathea (former chief of staff of the Polish Navy) *płk

Janusz Bokszczanin Janusz Bokszczanin (1894, Grodno – 1973) was a colonel of the Polish Army and one of the first Polish commanders of the motorized troops in the reborn Second Polish Republic. During World War II he joined the ZWZ resistance organization and la ...

( partisan, cursed soldier) *płk. Edward Dojan-Surówka (Polish officer, who escaped the division he was commanding in

September campaign The invasion of Poland (1 September – 6 October 1939) was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week af ...

) *płk. Antoni Szacki (commander of the Holy Cross Mountains Brigade) *płk. Jerzy Leszczynsky-Ziętek *płk. Tadeusz Wyrwa-Furgalski (Major in the Polish Legions) *ppłk Adam Borys (Pług”, „Adam Gałecki”, „Bryl”, „Kar”, „Dyrektor”, „Pal”) (commander of the Parasol Batalion) *ppłk. Jan Wojciech Kiwerski (Oliwa) (partisan commander in Wołyń, sapper officer) *ppłk. Aleksander Krzyżanowski (Wilk, Jan Kulczycki) (Polish partisan, artillery officer) *ppłk Romuald Bielski (Bej) (member of the Cichociemni, sapper officer, officer in the

Warsaw Uprising The Warsaw Uprising ( pl, powstanie warszawskie; german: Warschauer Aufstand) was a major World War II operation by the Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occurred in the summer of 1944, and it was led ...

)) *mjr Tadeusz Burdziński (Malina, Zenon, Krzak) *mjr Henryk Dobrzański (Hubal) (first partisan in

) *mjr Walerian Łukasiński (officer in the army of

Congress Poland Congress Poland, Congress Kingdom of Poland, or Russian Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. I ...

) *mjr Henryk Sucharski (commander in e Battle of Westerplatte) *mjr

Zygmunt Szendzielarz Zygmunt Szendzielarz (12 March 1910 – 8 February 1951) was the commander of the Polish 5th Wilno Brigade of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa), nom de guerre "Łupaszka". He fought against the Red Army after the end of the Second World War. Followin ...

(cursed soldier, commander of the Home Army 5th Wilno Brigade) *mjr Marian Bernaciak (cursed soldier) *kpt. Władysław Raginis (commander in the Battle of Wizna) *kpt Franciszek Dąbrowski (the second commander in the Battle of Westerplatte) *rtm (kpt) Witold Pilecki ( Cursed soldier) *ppor Konrad Guderski (commander of the Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig)

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External links

List of active generals on page of Polish Ministry of National Defence
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Polish Generals

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November 1830 Uprising

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January 1863 Uprising

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Polish high-ranking officers who served abroad

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

Polish People's Republic The Polish People's Republic ( pl, Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1947 to 1989 as the predecessor of the modern Republic of Poland. With a population of approximately 37.9 million ne ...

Contemporary Poland

Some notable Polish officers

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