Kazimierz Sosnkowski

Kazimierz Sosnkowski

Infobox Military Person
name=Kazimierz Sosnkowski
nickname=Baca, Godziemba, Józef


caption=General Sosnkowski in the 1930s
rank=Generał broni
date_of_birth=birth date|1885|11|19|mf=y
placeofbirth=Warsaw
date_of_death=death date and age|1969|10|11|1885|11|19|mf=y
placeofdeath=Arundel, Canada
profession=architect and professional officer
serviceyears=1914
units=
battles=
laterwork=politician
portrayedby=
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Kazimierz Sosnkowski (Warsaw, 1885 – 1969, Arundel, Canada) was a Polish independence fighter, politician and Polish Army general.

Sosnkowski served successively as founder and first commander of "Związek Walki Czynnej" (the Active Combat Association), chief of staff of the 1st Brigade of the Polish Legions, Polish minister of military affairs, vice-president of Poland, commander of the "Związek Walki Zbrojnej" (Association for Armed Struggle) resistance organization, and Inspector General of the Armed Forces (Polish Commander-in-Chief, 1943-44).

Sosnkowski, over his career, used a number of "noms de guerre", including "Baca" (Polish mountaineer term for "shepherd"), "Godziemba" (the name of his herditary coat-of-arms), "Józef" (Polish for "Joseph"), "Ryszard" ("Richard"), "Szef" ("Chief").


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