Aleksander Krzyżanowski
Polish army officer and partisan leader (1895–1951) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aleksander Krzyżanowski nom de guerre "Wilk" (18 February 1895 – 29 September 1951) was an artillery colonel of the Polish Army, officer of the Service for Poland's Victory, Union of Armed Struggle, commander of the Vilnius District of the Home Army, political prisoner of the Stalinist period. In 1994 he was posthumously promoted to the rank of brigade general.[1]
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Aleksander Krzyżanowski | |
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Nickname(s) | "Wilk", "Wesołowski", "Dziemido", "Jan Kulczycki" |
Born | (1895-02-18)18 February 1895 Bryansk, Russian Empire |
Died | 29 September 1951(1951-09-29) (aged 56) Warsaw, Poland |
Allegiance | Poland |
Rank | Colonel, Brigade general (after his death) |
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