COMMANDER // 1794–1850
Józef Bem
generalCongress Poland3 battles2 wars
Lifespan
1794 – 1850
Active service 1831–1849 — 3 battles across 2 wars; first command at age 37.
Profile
Józef Zachariasz Bem, also known as Murad Tevfik Paşa in Turkey, was a Polish engineer and general, an Ottoman pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European patriotic movements. Like Tadeusz Kościuszko and Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Bem fought outside Poland's borders anywhere his leadership and military skills were needed.
Battles (3)
1831
Battle of OstrołękaNovember Uprising · Congress Poland
1849
Battle of SegesvárHungarian Revolution of 1848 · Hungarian Revolutionary Army
1849
Battle of TemesvárHungarian Revolution of 1848 · Hungarian Revolutionary Army