Stefan Dąb-Biernacki

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General Dąb-Biernacki (1931)

Stefan Dąb-Biernacki (born January 7, 1890 in Gnojno , today Poland , † February 9, 1959 in London , Great Britain ) was a Polish division general in World War II . In 1939 he was Commander in Chief of the Prusy Army.

Life

Stefan Dąb-Biernacki was born in Gnojno near Błonie in 1890 . He graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Dublany . In 1913 he completed an artillery commander course. In August 1914 he became a member of the Polish legions in Galicia in the Imperial and Royal Army. He first commanded a company, then a battalion of the 1st Infantry Regiment, then a battalion of the 3rd Infantry Regiment. After the so-called "oath crisis" he was interned in Beniaminów in 1917. After regaining freedom from August to October 1918, he was the commander of the Polish units in the Ciechanów district .

In November 1918 he joined the Polish army. With the outbreak of the Soviet-Polish War he was successively commander of a battalion, then of the 32nd Infantry Regiment (1918/1919) and the 5th Infantry Regiment of the Legion. In 1919 he became commander of the 1st Brigade and from 1920 to 1926 commander of the 1st Infantry Division in Vilnius . From November 1926 to December 1930 he worked as an inspector general in the General Inspectorate of the Polish Armed Forces. In December 1930 he was appointed Army Inspector of Vilnius, a position he held until the outbreak of the Second World War. In 1923 he was promoted to brigadier general and in 1931 to major general. During the invasion of Poland in 1939 he commanded the "Armia Prusy", to which the 3rd, 12th, 13th, 19th, 29th, 36th, 39th and 44th Infantry Divisions and the Vilna Cavalry Brigade were assigned . After the defeat in the battle of Tomaszów Lubelski , he escaped through Hungary into exile in France. After the evacuation to Great Britain, which was necessary because of the German campaign in the west , he was not assigned to the officers' camp in Rothesay from June to November 1940. In November 1940 he was retired from the Polish army. He died in London in 1959 and was buried in Brompton Cemetery.

See also

Web links

Commons : Stefan Dąb-Biernacki  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Dąb-Biernacki in www.1939.pl (Polish)
personal data
SURNAME Dąb-Biernacki, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish general
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Płoniawy
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1959
Place of death London , UK