Emil Krukowicz-Przedrzymirski
Emil Krukowicz-Przedrzymirski (born January 25, 1886 in Nemyriw , today Ukraine , † May 29, 1957 in Toronto , Canada ) was a Polish division general in World War II . In 1939 he was Commander in Chief of the Modlin Army.
Life
He was born in 1886 to Karol Jakub, a pharmacist in Niemirów, and Wanda Maria Smirzitz from the Czech Republic.
He graduated from the lower secondary school in Košice and then the military school in Mährisch-Weisskirchen . He then studied at the military academy in Mödling , was made a lieutenant in 1906 and completed the course at the kuk cavalry school from October 1, 1907 to April 30, 1908. On August 18, 1908, he was assigned to the 32nd Field Artillery Regiment in Lemberg and promoted to lieutenant in 1911. During the First World War he commanded a battery in the artillery regiment of his hometown. On August 26, 1914, he was wounded in the leg in the fighting near Busk near Lemberg and was no longer fit for field service for a long time. In the years 1915-1916 he was a lecturer and then commander of a training company at the artillery cadet school in Traiskirchen . On November 10, 1918, he volunteered for the Polish army. At first he served as a military delegate in the special mission in Yugoslavia and Hungary. From April 1 to May 20, 1919 he commanded a division in the 6th Field Artillery Regiment, and from May 20, 1919 to April 30, 1920 he was head of the artillery section in the High Command of the 1st Division. During the Polish-Soviet War , he took over as major in April 1920, command of the 16th Field Artillery Regiment, which was formed in Grudziądz . From July to August 1920 he was also in command of the southern section of the defense of Grudziądz.
After the end of the Polish-Soviet war, he completed an information course for commanders in Toruń and was then again commander of the 16th Field Artillery Regiment, a position he held until October 1922. In 1921 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and a year later to colonel . In October 1923 he completed a one-year short course at the War Academy in Warsaw.
In the following years he served as chief of staff at DOK V in Kraków (October 1923 - July 1924), became first officer of the staff of the IV Army Inspection (July 1924 - September 1926), head of the special department (September 1926 - April 1927) and then Head of the Artillery Department in the War Ministry (April 1927 - December 1929). From December 1929 to October 1931 he was commander of the 7th Infantry Division in Czestochowa . Then he commanded the 30th Infantry Division in Kobryn until 1937 and was then again head of the Artillery Department in the War Ministry, which he held until March 1939. In 1932 he was promoted to brigadier general.
During the German invasion of Poland in 1939 , he was in command of the "Armia Modlin" (until September 10th) and then of the so-called "Armia Przedrzymirski", which he commanded in the battle of Tomaszów Lubelski (September 21-26 ). He decided to capitulate with his troops in Tereszpol and near Biłgoraj . From October 1939 to April 1945 he was held in the German prison camp VII A in Murnau . After the liberation by the US Army, he went to Paris and later to Nice . In 1945 the Polish Commission in Exile decided to give him the rank of division general. In 1947–1949 he stayed in England. Then he went to Canada with his family. He first lived in Montreal and later in Toronto, where he founded an import-export company. He set up a war aid fund and died in Toronto on May 29, 1957.
See also
Web links
- Emil Krukowicz-Przedrzymirski in dzieje.pl (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ General Krukowicz-Przedrzymirski in www.1939.pl (Polish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krukowicz-Przedrzymirski, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nemyriv |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 1957 |
| Place of death | Toronto , Canada |