Wacław Tokarz

Wacław Tokarz (7 June 1873 in Częstochowa - 3 May 1937 in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

) was a Polish historian and military officer. A

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of the

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and a professor of both the

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and Jagiellonian University, he authored numerous books on the 19th century military history of Poland, notably two monumental monographs on the

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and the Warsaw Uprising of 1794. 1873 births 1937 deaths People from Częstochowa Polish Army officers 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Recipients of the Legion of Honour Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland) National League (Poland) members University of Warsaw faculty Burials at Powązki Cemetery {{Poland-historian-stub