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Wieniawa-Dlugoszowski, Boleslaw Ignacy Florian

    Date of birth:
    July 22nd, 1881 (Maksymowka, Austria-Hungary)
    Date of death:
    July 1st, 1942 (New York, United States)
    Buried on:
    Polish-German War Cemetery No. 388 (Rakowicki)
    Nationality:
    Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

    Biography

    Boleslaw Wieniawa-Dlugoszowski, a veteran from WW1, was a Polish general and ambassador during the Second World War. He was nonimated for president by Ignacy Moœcicki on the same day Germany invaded Poland. He emigrated to Paris to perform his new role but was blackballed by Wladyslaw Sikorski and the Allied forces. He committed suicide on 1 July 1942.

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    Period:
    Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
    Rank:
    Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
    Awarded on:
    1921
    Krzyz Walecznych
    Rank:
    Pulkownik (Colonel)
    Awarded on:
    1928
    Order Odrodzenia Polski Oficerski
    Rank:
    Pulkownik (Colonel)
    Awarded on:
    March 17th, 1930
    Krzyz Zaslugi in Gold
    Period:
    Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
    Rank:
    Pulkownik (Colonel)
    Awarded on:
    May 12th, 1931
    Krzyz Niepodleglosci z Mieczami
    Rank:
    General Brygadi (Brigadier)
    Awarded on:
    March 16th, 1934
    Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
    Rank:
    General Brygadi (Brigadier)
    Awarded on:
    1934
    Großes goldenes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich
    Rank:
    General Brygadi (Brigadier)
    Awarded on:
    May 12th, 1936
    Rank:
    General Brygadi (Brigadier)
    Awarded on:
    November 7th, 1936
    Rank:
    General Brygadi (Brigadier)
    Awarded on:
    1937
    Commandeur de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
    Rank:
    General Dywizji (Major General)
    Awarded on:
    November 10th, 1938
    Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski z Gwiazda
    Period:
    Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
    Rank:
    Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
    Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
    Period:
    Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
    Rank:
    Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
    Krzyz Walecznych
    Period:
    Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
    Rank:
    Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
    Krzyz Walecznych
    Period:
    Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
    Rank:
    Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
    Krzyz Walecznych
    Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci
    Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
    Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro - Grand'Ufficiale
    Ordinul Steaua Romaniei Commander
    Commander's Cross of the Order of the White Eagle
    1. Sardar-i-A'ala - Nishan-i-Sardari
    Triju Zvaigznu ordinas Kommandieris
    Atbrivosanas cinu 10 gadu jubilejas pieminas medala
    Znak

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