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COMMANDER // 1867–1935

Józef Piłsudski

Marshal of PolandRussian EmpireIndependence movements8 battles4 wars

Lifespan

1867 – 1935

1870188018901900191019201930World War I · 1914–1918 (1917–1918 U.S. combat role)Russian Civil War · 1917-1922Polish–Soviet War · 1919-1921Polish–Ukrainian War · 1918-1919Great Retreat — September 1, 1915 · German Empire · World War ISoviet westward offensive of 1918–1919 — November 18, 1918 · White Movement · Russian Civil WarChortkiv offensive — June 7, 1919 · Second Polish Republic · Polish–Ukrainian WarVilna offensive — April 1, 1919 · Poland · Polish–Soviet WarBattle of Dęblin and Mińsk Mazowiecki — January 1, 1920 · Poland · Polish–Soviet WarBattle of the Niemen River — September 25, 1920 · Poland · Polish–Soviet WarBattle of Warsaw — January 1, 1920 · Poland · Polish–Soviet WarKyiv offensive — January 1, 1920 · Poland · Polish–Soviet War

Active service 1915–1920 — 8 battles across 4 wars; first command at age 48.

Profile

Józef Klemens Piłsudski[a] was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland. In the aftermath of World War I, he became an increasingly dominant figure in Polish politics and exerted significant influence on shaping the country's foreign policy. Piłsudski is viewed as a father of the Second Polish Republic, which was re-established in 1918, 123 years after the final partition of Poland in 1795, and was considered de facto leader (1926–1935) of the Second Republic as the Minister of Military Affairs.

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Battles (8)

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