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Jarosław Dąbrowski Jarosław Dąbrowski Organiser of the Polish rising of 1863 who became a general of the Commune and fell at Montmartre in Bloody Week Military command 1836–1871
Lucjan Żeligowski Lucjan Żeligowski Polish general who seized Vilnius in a staged 'mutiny' and set up Central Lithuania Military command · Poland 1865–1947
Władysław Sikorski Władysław Sikorski A general who defended Polish sovereignty between exile and return Military command · Poland 1881–1943
Kazimierz Sosnkowski Kazimierz Sosnkowski A military leader who shaped Poland's independence struggle and armed forces in exile Military command · Poland 1885–1969
Stefan Rowecki Stefan Paweł Rowecki An underground commander who grasped Tempest's political conditions Military command · Home Army (Armia Krajowa, AK) 1895–1944
Antoni None Chruściel Antoni Chruściel The Home Army commander who organized and launched the uprising Military command · Poland 1895–1960
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski The Home Army commander whose decision led to both the uprising and its surrender Military command · Poland 1895–1966
Konstantin Ksaveryevich (birth) / Konstantinovich (later) Rokossovsky Константин Константинович Рокоссовский Marshal of two nations, the USSR and Poland, who commanded the 1945 Victory Parade Military command · Soviet Union 1896–1968
Stanislav Gilyarovich Poplavsky Станислав Гилярович Поплавский A Polish-born Soviet general who commanded the suppression of the Poznań uprising Military command · Soviet Union 1902–1973
Józef Światło Józef Światło Deputy head of Poland’s security Department X whose 1953 defection and broadcasts exposed the ministry’s torture and purges Security, intelligence and policing · Poland 1915–1994