- Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko
Zygmunt Piotr Bohusz-Szyszko (1893 in
Chełm – 1982 inLondon ) was a Polish general. DuringWorld War I he served in the Imperial Russian army.In 1940, he was Commanding Officer
Polish Independent Highland Brigade ("Samodzielna Brygada Strzelcow Podhalanskich") during theBattle of Narvik in the Norwegian campaign. The forces under his command succeeded in capturing theAnkenes peninsula during May 1940.Career [ [http://www.generals.dk/general/Bohusz-Szyszko/Zygmunt/Poland.html Biography at Generals.dk] ]
* -1931 Commanding Officer 58th Regiment
* 1931-1934 Commanding Border Defence Regiment Głębokie
* 1934-1938 Deputy General Officer Commanding Border Defence Corps
* 1938-1939 Commanding Officer Infantry 1st Division
* 1939 Commanding Officer Infantry 16th Division
* 1939-1940 Commanding Officer 1st Mountain Brigade, Norway
* 1941-1942 Head Polish Military Mission Moscow
* 1941-1943 Chief of Staff Polish Forces in Soviet Union
* 1942 General Officer Commanding 5th Division, Soviet Union
* 1943-1945 Deputy General Officer Commanding II Polish Corps, Italy
* 1945-1946 General Officer Commanding Army of the East
* 1945-1946 General Officer Commanding II Polish Corps, Italy
* 1976-1980General Inspector of the Armed Forces Awards and decorations
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Virtuti Militari Class IV and V
*Polonia Restituta Class IV
*Cross of Valor — four times
*Cross of Merit with Swords — two timesReferences
External links
* [http://www.electronicmuseum.ca/Poland-WW2/norwegian_campaign/norway_1.html Poles in the Norwegian Campaign of 1940]
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