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Jaruzelski, Wojciech Witold

Date of birth:
July 6th, 1923 (Kurow, Poland)
Date of death:
May 25th, 2014 (Warsaw, Poland)
Buried on:
Cmentarz Wojskowy
Plot: C6. Row: tuje. Grave: 5.
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

6 December 1943: Ensign
11 November 1944: 2nd Lieutenant
25 April 1945: Lieutenant
22 July 1946: Captain
10 July 1948: Major
25 January 1949: Lieutenant Colonel
31 December 1953: Colonel
14 July 1956: Brigadier General
13 July 1960: Major General
9 July 1968: Lieutenant General
23 September 1973: Army General

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 4th, 1945
Medal Zasluzonym na Polu Chwaly in Silver
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 27th, 1945
Medal Zasluzonym na Polu Chwaly in Silver
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 12th, 1945
Medal Zasluzonym na Polu Chwaly in Silver
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 24th, 1945
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 20th, 1945
Srebrny Krzyz Zaslugi
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 2nd, 1945
Order Krzyza Grunwaldu 3rd Class
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1945
Medal Za Warszawe 1939-1945
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1945
Medal Zwyciestwa i Wolnosci 1945
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 14th, 1946
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 5th, 1948
Order Odrodzenia Polski - Krzyz Kawalerski

Sources

  • - Berger, M., Jaruzelski: Traitor or Patriot? (1990)
    - Kowalski, L., Jaruzelski – generał ze skazą: Biografia wojskowa generała armii Wojciecha Jaruzelskiego (2012)

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