Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski, Michal Tadeusz

Date of birth:: January 5th, 1893 (Lwow, Austro-Hungarian Empire)
Date of death:: May 22nd, 1964 (Casablanca, Marocco)
Buried on:: Powazki Cemetery Warsaw
Plot: 155b. Row: 4. Grave: 13.
Nationality:: Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

Lieutenant General Michal Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski was the founder of the Polish resistance group "Służba Zwycięstwu Polski" in 1939.

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Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Period:: Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:: 1922

No. 2526

Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Order Odrodzenia Polski Oficerski

Awarded on:: May 2nd, 1923

Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski

Awarded on:: 1928

Krzyz Niepodleglosci z Mieczami

Awarded on:: 1932

Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: General Dywizji (Major General)
Unit:: HQ, Polish III Corps, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Awarded on:: December 11th, 1944

"As General Officer Commanding 3 Polish Corps, in this capacity he was responsible for all Polish Military Personnel in the Middle East and has to contend with many para military as well as military problems.

Many of these are of an intricate political nature and in dealing with them General Tokarzewski has always shown himself to be a most able and tactful co-operative officer.

His relations with General Head Quarters has invariably been excellent and he has also by his efforts given great assistance to the 2nd Polish Corps in Italy.

The fact that the Polish troops in the Middle East were a well disciplined body of men serving as they are under trying conditions is largely due to the personality of this officer."