- Karol Ziemski
Karol Ziemski (nom de guerre "Wachnowski") was a general of the
Polish Army , participant of thePolish September Campaign and theWarsaw Uprising , officer of theHome Army .He was born on May 24, 1895 in the village of Nasutow,
Lubartów county. In June 1914, Ziemski graduated from a high school inLublin , and next year he was drafted into the Russian Imperial Army and was sent to a cadet school inKiev . After graduation, he fought inUkraine andRomania , and in January 1918 he got toBabruysk , where joined thePolish I Corps in Russia , under generalJozef Dowbor-Musnicki .In June 1918 Ziemski returned to Poland and began studies at the Warsaw Polytechnic. Soon afterwards he quit to volunteer to the freshly created Polish Army. He co-organized the
Warsaw Battalion of Academic Legion , and in 1919 was promoted to captain. Ziemski fought in thePolish-Soviet War , during which he was wounded. In 1923 promoted to captain, he served in the Corps District inWarsaw . Then he taught at a cadet school inRembertów and in the Center of Infantry in Warsaw.During the Polish September Campaign, he was commandant of the 36th Infantry Regiment in the 28th I.D. of the
Łódź Army . Awarded theVirtuti Militari for defence ofModlin , during which he was wounded, Ziemski was taken to a German POW camp inDziałdowo , from where he was released because of his injuries. After returning to Warsaw, he became engaged in the Polish underground resistance (see:Home Army ). During theWarsaw uprising , Ziemski was commandant of "Group North" of the Home Army, which covered units fighting in Warsaw's Old Town,Marymont andZoliborz . On September 5, 1944, he was named deputy ofAntoni Chrusciel and participated in talks with the Germans. After the Uprising, he stayed in different German POW camps, in May 1945 was freed by the Allies and settled in London, where was a member of the Polish Government in Exile. He died January 17, 1974 in London.ource
*Tadeusz Kryska-Karski i Stanisław Zurakowski, Generalowie Polski Niepodleglej, Editions Spotkania, Warszawa 1991, wyd. II uzup. i poprawione.
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Polish contribution to World War II
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