Mieczysław Norwid-Neugebauer
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Mieczysław Norwid-Neugebauer (15 February 1884 in
Polish Army.[1]
Life
He moved to
patriotic organizations. From 1914 to 1917, he was an officer in the Polish Legions.[2]
He commanded the 6th Infantry Regiment, and even temporarily the 3rd Brigade.
After Poland regained independence in November 1918, he occupied various command positions within the Polish military: General:Minister of Defense as well as officially sent for the 3rd Level Course at Center of Higher Military Education (University). In December of the same year, he was nominated to be the 1st Officer of the Commander of the Administration of the Army.
He was the Commander of the
RAF did not fulfill their promise in spite of his pleas (possibly because of the French government's fear of retaliatory nazi German bombing).[3]
He resigned as head of the Polish Military Mission in January 1940. From November 1942 to 1947 he headed the administration of the Polish Armed Forces.[2]
He published a book, Kampania Wrześniowa (The September Campaign), in London in 1941. An English translation came out in 1942.
Honours and awards
- Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
- Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta, previously awarded Commander's Cross
- Cross of Independence
- Cross of Valour - four times
- Officer's "Parasol" badge
- Officer's Cross of the Legion of Honour (France)
References
Sources
- ISBN 0030013763
- ISBN 0313260079
See also
- Aleksander Jeljaszewicz Commander of the Tatar / Islamic Squadron in 1939
- Berek Joselewicz, Polish—Jewish Colonel in the Polish Legions of Napoleon's armies
- Baruch Steinberg, Chief Rabbi of the Polish Armed Forces, murdered by the Soviet NKVD
- List of Poles
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