Tadeusz Kasprzycki
Tadeusz Adam Kasprzycki (born January 16, 1891 in Warsaw , Russian Empire ; † December 4, 1978 in Montreal , Canada ) was a Polish army officer and the minister for military affairs of his country from 1935 to 1939. In this capacity, he signed on December 31 , 1978 . March 1939 the Anglo-French-Polish assistance agreement . On April 28, 1939, Hitler used these guarantees as an opportunity to unilaterally denounce both the German-Polish declaration (non-aggression pact with Poland) of 1934 and the German-British naval agreement of 1935. On May 19, 1939, France expanded the alliance with Poland, which had existed since 1921, to include mutual assistance in the event of a German attack in the so-called Kasprzycki-Gamelin Convention .
After the German invasion of Poland and the Soviet occupation of eastern Poland , he went into exile with the Składkowski government . He was interned in Romania until the end of the war. He then settled in Canada , where he died in 1978.
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| SURNAME | Kasprzycki, Tadeusz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kasprzycki, Tadeusz Adam (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish Army Officer and Minister for Military Affairs (1935 to 1939) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 1978 |
| Place of death | Montreal , Canada |