Boleslaw Wieniawa-Dlugoszowski
Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski (1881 – 1942) was a Polish General and man of letters.
His Life – A Survey
- 1914 – Fought with Pilsudski's legions as his adjutant and became imprisoned with him by the Austrians
- 1926 – 1929 Commanding Officer 1st Light Cavalry Regiment
- 1927 – Acting Commanding Officer 1st Cavalry Brigade
- 1929 – 1930 Acting Military Commandant of Warsaw
- 1930 – 1932 Acting General Officer Commanding 2nd Cavalry Division
- 1932 – 1938 General Officer Commanding 2nd Cavalry Division
- 1938 – 1940 Ambassador to Italy
- 1939 – Nominated president of Poland by retiring President Ignacy Moscicki, but blackballed by the French
- 1942 – Died in New York by his own hand.
References
- Szuflada Generała Wieniawa, edited by Elżbieta Grabska and Marek Pitasz, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warsaw 1998
Categories: Polish generals