Karol Wacław Świerczewski (pronounced [ˈkarɔl ɕfjɛrˈt͡ʂɛfskʲi]; callsign Walter; 22 February 1897 – 28 March 1947) was a Polish and Soviet Red Army general...
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may refer to: Karol Świerczewski (1897–1947), Polish and Soviet general Marek Świerczewski (born 1967), Polish footballer Piotr Świerczewski (born 1972)...
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named the Karol Świerczewski Liceum. The school was established on 28 September 1945. A year later it was named after general Karol Świerczewski pseud. Walter...
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the command of generals Karol Świerczewski and Stanislav Poplavsky, and the formation under command of general Świerczewski entered active duty in January...
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whose paranoia interferes with Republican objectives in the war. Karol Świerczewski, a Russian general of Polish origin as Golz. Francisco Franco, commander...
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center was in Paris, under the supervision of Soviet colonel Karol "Walter" Świerczewski. On 17 October 1936, an open letter by Joseph Stalin to José...
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continued to take place until 30 April. The Polish Second Army under Karol Świerczewski suffered heavy losses, but, with the aid of Soviet reinforcements...
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village of Jabłonki, Deputy Minister of National Defence and General Karol Świerczewski was killed in an ambush. His death accelerated Operation Vistula,...
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of Karol Świerczewski, Lieutenant Colonel Wacław Kossowski, though concluding that the identity of the assailants responsible for Świerczewski's death...
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command of General Berling; other notable commanders included General Karol Świerczewski and Col. Włodzimierz Sokorski. The division with its supporting elements...
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fleeing Republican units with aerial protection from modern fighters. Karol Świerczewski, known as General Walter, commander of the International Brigades...
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Rokossovsky, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, Julian Marchlewski, Stanislaw Kosior, Karol Świerczewski and Felix Dzerzhinsky, founder of the Cheka secret police which would...
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commanded by Zygmunt Berling, and the Polish Second Army headed by Karol Świerczewski. The Polish First Army participated in the Vistula–Oder Offensive...
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where as a Militia Major he led the 35th Division, replacing General Karol Świerczewski (General Walter). He later spent time in exile in the USSR, Czechoslovakia...
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Divisions, Armoured Bde, Cavalry Bde Second Army (2 Armia Wojska Polskiego) Karol Świerczewski 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Inf. Divs, 16th Armoured Bde...
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Świerczewski (1897–1947), Polish Soviet military officer and general Karol Świtalski (1902–1993), Polish Lutheran priest and military chaplain Karol Juliusz...
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important members were Chairman Aleksander Zawadzki, Wasilewska, Karol Świerczewski, Jakub Berman, Stanisław Radkiewicz, Roman Zambrowski, Hilary Minc...
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Karol Świerczewski (posthumous) II Class (18 awarded): • Lt General Stanisław Popławski • Lt General Juliusz Rómmel • Lt General Karol Świerczewski •...
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Exercise. During the communist period (1947–1990) it was renamed to Karol Świerczewski Academy of Physical Education (Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego im....
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fire. In May, Republican forces under the Polish communist officer Karol Świerczewski, tried to break out of Madrid in an armoured assault but were beaten...
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regiments in Słupsk, Gdynia and Wrocław. In 1971, he graduated from the Karol Świerczewski Military Academy. Over the course of his military career, Hermaszewski...
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commanded by Lt. Gen. Zygmunt Berling. His second-in-command was Lt. Gen. Karol Świerczewski. Col. Włodzimierz Sokorski was the chief political officer.[citation...
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Bieszczadzkie Mountains was Boyko. The killing of the Polish General Karol Świerczewski in Jabłonki by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in 1947 was the direct...
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War I and was an Israeli general during the First Arab-Israeli War. Karol Świerczewski – enlisted in the Soviet Red Army as rank-and-file soldier fighting...
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asserted by commanders of the late and post-war Polish military. Karol Świerczewski, commander of the Second Polish Army, briefed his soldiers to "exact...
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People's Republic Soviet Union Ukrainian Insurgent Army Nazi Germany Karol Świerczewski Stefan Mossor Defence of Huta Stara Defence of Huta Stepańska and...
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Bank of Poland" inscription, date, coat of arms (without the crown); Karol Świerczewski Order of the Cross of Grunwald 9 May 1975; 1 June 1979; 1 June 1982;...
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Stalinist Poland) and included a military training course conducted by Karol Świerczewski. In a written opinion issued by the school Gomułka was characterized...
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death in 1947. Józef Wyszomirski as General Karol Świerczewski Karol Wargin as young Karol Świerczewski Jacek Woszczerowicz as Włodzimierz Lenin Kazimierz...
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(initially under Zygmunt Berling) and the Second Polish Army (commanded by Karol Świerczewski). The First Polish Army participated in the Vistula–Oder Offensive...
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