List of Polish generals

The following is a list of Polish generals, that is the people who held the rank of general, as well as those who acted as de facto generals by commanding a division or brigade.

Note that until the Partitions of Poland of late 18th century the rank of general as such was mostly (though not exclusively) reserved for commanders of artillery, while large tactical units (equivalent of divisions) were usually commanded by hetmans and voivodes.

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth[edit]

Kościuszko Uprising[edit]

Duchy of Warsaw[edit]

November 1830 Uprising[edit]

American Civil War[edit]

Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski

January 1863 Uprising[edit]

Paris Commune[edit]

World War I, Polish-Soviet War and national uprisings of the period[edit]

Polish high-ranking officers who served abroad[edit]

World War II[edit]

Polish People's Republic[edit]

Contemporary Poland[edit]

Some notable Polish officers[edit]

vice-admiral Józef Unrug (commander of the Polish Navy in World War II, Imperial German Navy officer)
vice-admiral Xawery Czernicki (second commander of the Polish Navy in World War Two, victim of the Katyn massacre)
admiral Tomasz Mathea (former chief of staff of the Polish Navy)
płk Janusz Bokszczanin ( partisan, cursed soldier)
płk. Edward Dojan-Surówka (Polish officer, who escaped the division he was commanding in September campaign)
płk. Antoni Szacki (commander of the Holy Cross Mountains Brigade)
płk. Jerzy Leszczynsky-Ziętek
płk. Tadeusz Wyrwa-Furgalski (Major in the Polish Legions)
ppłk Adam Borys (Pług”, „Adam Gałecki”, „Bryl”, „Kar”, „Dyrektor”, „Pal”) (commander of the Parasol Batalion)
ppłk. Jan Wojciech Kiwerski (Oliwa) (partisan commander in Wołyń, sapper officer)
ppłk. Aleksander Krzyżanowski (Wilk, Jan Kulczycki) (Polish partisan, artillery officer)
ppłk Romuald Bielski (Bej) (member of the Cichociemni, sapper officer, officer in the Warsaw Uprising))
mjr Tadeusz Burdziński (Malina, Zenon, Krzak)
mjr Henryk Dobrzański (Hubal) (first partisan in World War II)
mjr Walerian Łukasiński (officer in the army of Congress Poland)
mjr Henryk Sucharski (commander in e Battle of Westerplatte)
mjr Zygmunt Szendzielarz (cursed soldier, commander of the Home Army 5th Wilno Brigade)
mjr Marian Bernaciak (cursed soldier)
kpt. Władysław Raginis (commander in the Battle of Wizna)
kpt Franciszek Dąbrowski (the second commander in the Battle of Westerplatte)
rtm (kpt) Witold Pilecki (Cursed soldier)
ppor Konrad Guderski (commander of the Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig)

References[edit]

Lech Kowalski (1992). Generałowie (in Polish). Warsaw, PAX. ISBN 83-211-1486-5.
Zbigniew Mierzwiński (1990). Generałowie II Rzeczypospolitej (in Polish). Warsaw, Polonia. ISBN 83-7021-096-1.
Jacek Macyszyn (1999). Generałowie polscy (in Polish). Pruszków, Ajaks. ISBN 83-87103-72-1.
Tadeusz Kryska-Karski (1991). Generałowie Polski niepodległej (in Polish). Stanisław Żurakowski. Warsaw, Editions Spotkania.

External links[edit]

List of active generals on page of Polish Ministry of National Defence