Exilprasident (Polen) - Tomasz Arciszewski, Roman Odzierzy Ski, Edward Raczy Ski, Ryszard Kaczorowski, W Adys Aw Anders, W Adys Aw Raczkiewicz (English, German, Paperback)

Kapitel: Tomasz Arciszewski, Roman Odzierzy ski, Edward Raczy ski, Ryszard Kaczorowski, W adys aw Anders, W adys aw Raczkiewicz, Kazimierz Sabbat, August Zaleski, Juliusz Nowina-Sokolnicki, Tadeusz Komorowski, Stanis aw Ostrowski, Alfred Urba ski, Boles aw Wieniawa-D ugoszowski. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: General Count Tadeusz Komorowski (Korczak Coat of Arms) (June 1, 1895 - August 24, 1966), better known by the name Bor-Komorowski (after one of his wartime code-names: Bor - "The Forest") was a Polish military leader. Komorowski was born in Lwow, Austria-Hungary (now in Ukraine). In the First World War he served as an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army, and after the war became an officer in the Polish Army, rising to command the Grudzi dz Cavalry School. After taking part in the fighting against the German invasion of Poland at the beginning of World War II in 1939, Komorowski, with the code-name Bor, helped organize the Polish underground in the Krakow area. In July, 1941, he became deputy commander of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa or "AK"), and in March, 1943, gained appointment as its commander, with the rank of Brigadier-General. In mid 1944, as Soviet forces advanced into central Poland, the Polish government-in-exile in London instructed Bor-Komorowski to prepare for an armed uprising in Warsaw. The government-in-exile wished to return to a capital city liberated by Poles and not seized by the Soviets, and to prevent the Communist take-over of Poland which Stalin had clearly set in train. The Warsaw Uprising began on Komorowski's order on August 1, 1944, and the insurgents of the AK seized control of most of central Warsaw. Elements of the Soviet Army stood only twenty kilometers (about twelve miles) away but on Stalin's orders gave no assistance: Stalin described the rising as a "criminal adventure." The British managed to drop some supplies by air but could give no direct assistance. The Germans empl...http: //booksllc.net/?l=d