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Leonard Skierski

divisional generalSecond Polish Republic4 battles1 war

Lifespan

1866 – 1940

18701880189019001910192019301940Polish–Soviet War · 1919-1921Battle of Berezina — May 15, 1920 · Poland · Polish–Soviet WarBattle of Dęblin and Mińsk Mazowiecki — January 1, 1920 · Poland · Polish–Soviet WarBattle of Kobryń — September 11, 1920 · Poland · Polish–Soviet WarBattle of Warsaw — January 1, 1920 · Poland · Polish–Soviet War

Active service 1920 — 4 battles across 1 war; first command at age 54.

Profile

Leonard Wilhelm Skierski was a Polish military officer. He was a general of the Imperial Russian Army and then served in the Polish Army. He fought in World War I and in the Polish–Soviet War. He is a victim of the Katyn massacre of 1940 and was murdered by the NKVD in Kharkov in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. He is one of fourteen Polish generals and one of the oldest military commanders to be a victim of the Katyn massacre.

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Battles (4)

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