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COMMANDER // 1881–1935

Czesław Mączyński

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1881 – 1935

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Active service 1918–1920 — 2 battles across 2 wars; first command at age 37.

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Col. Czesław Mączyński was a Polish officer, politician in the Second Polish Republic, and the Commander-in-chief of the Polish military contingent during the defense of Lwów – also called the Battle of Lemberg – throughout November 1918, as well as the Polish–Soviet War of 1920. He was the recipient of some of the highest Polish military awards including Virtuti Militari, and a subject of the 2004 monograph by Jacek Miliński from University of Łódź.

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Battles (2)

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