Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski
General Tadeusz Komorowski | |
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4th Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile | |
In office 2 July 1947 – 10 February 1949 | |
President | August Zaleski |
Preceded by | Tomasz Arciszewski |
Succeeded by | Tadeusz Tomaszewicz |
Personal details | |
Born | Bolshevik-Polish War
Second World War | 1 June 1895
Life
Komorowski was born in
After taking part in the fighting against the
The Uprising
Part of a series on the |
Polish Underground State |
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In mid 1944, as Soviet forces advanced into central Poland, the
On 29 September 1944, Bór-Komorowski was promoted to
Life in exile
After the war Bór-Komorowski moved to London, where he played an active role in Polish émigré circles. From 1947 to 1949 he served as Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile, which no longer had diplomatic recognition from most Western European countries. He wrote the story of his experiences in The Secret Army (1950). After the war he was an upholsterer.
Death
He died in London on 24 August 1966, aged 71,[2] and was buried in Gunnersbury Cemetery (also known as (New) Kensington Cemetery).
On 30 July 1994, Gen. Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski's ashes were buried in Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw.[7]
Honours and awards
- Order of the White Eagle (posthumously, 1995)
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari(previously awarded the Knight's Cross, the Gold Cross and the Silver Cross)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (previously awarded the Officer's Cross)
- Cross of Valour – three times
- Gold Cross of Merit with Swords
- Gold Cross of Merit
- Silver Cross of Merit
- Honorary citizen of Glowno (posthumously, 2004)
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c Mariusz Podgórski, Mikołaj Falkowski (26 February 2009). "Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski". Historia. Polskie Radio. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ ISBN 0271047534.
- ^ "Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- S2CID 204482531.
- ^ a b Piotr M. Majewski, 63 Dni walki o Warszawę (63 days of fight for Warsaw) Mowiawieki.pl (Internet Archive)
- ^ a b Miller 2016, p. 39.
- ^ "POLISH HERO'S ASHES FINALLY BURIED IN HOMELAND". Deseret News. Associated Press. 31 July 1994. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
References
- Miller, Michael (2016). Knight's Cross Holders of the SS and German Police 1940-45. England: Helion & Company. ISBN 978-1-909982-74-1.
External links
- A film clip "Longines Chronoscope with Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski" (2 November 1951) is available for viewing at the Internet Archive