Janusz Gąsiorowski
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General Janusz Gąsiorowski | |
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![]() Gąsiorowski in 1935 | |
Chief of the General Staff | |
In office 3 December 1931 – 7 June 1935 | |
Preceded by | Tadeusz Piskor |
Succeeded by | Wacław Stachiewicz |
Personal details | |
Born | Lemberg, Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Lviv, Ukraine) | 17 June 1889
Died | 19 October 1949 Paris, France | (aged 60)
Resting place | Cimetière des Champeaux de Montmorency |
Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
Military service | |
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Years of service | 1912–1939 |
Rank | Brigadier General |
Commands | 7th Infantry Division |
Battles/wars | First World War Polish–Soviet War Invasion of Poland |
Janusz Gąsiorowski (1889 – 1949; born in Lemberg) was a Polish general, commander of the Polish 7th Infantry Division during the German invasion of Poland in 1939. Taken prisoner on 4 September in the battle of Częstochowa.[1] He was awarded the Serbian Order of Saint Sava and a number of other decorations.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rozbicie 7 Dywizji Piechoty pod Częstochową". www.muzeum-slask1939.pl. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 613.
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