Leopold Okulicki
General of the Polish Army and Home Army member
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- General Leopold Okulicki (noms de guerre Kobra , Niedźwiadek ; 1898 – 1946) was a Polish Army Brigadier General and the last commander of the anti-Nazi underground Home Army during World War II and the German occupation of Poland (1939–1945).
- Life Okulicki was born in November 1898 in Bratucice, Bochnia County in the Austrian section of partitioned Poland ("Galicia").
- In 1910 he enrolled at a local gymnasium (secondary school), and after 1913 was a member of the Związek Strzelecki (Riflemen's Association).
- After the outbreak of World War I, in October 1915, he left school and volunteered for the Polish Legions, where he served with distinction in the 3rd Legions Infantry Regiment.
- Okulicki was decorated with the highest Polish military order, the Virtuti Militari .
General Leopold Okulicki (noms de guerre Kobra, Niedźwiadek; 1898 – 1946) was a Polish Army Brigadier General and the last commander of the anti-Nazi underground Home Army during World War II and the German occupation of Poland (1939–1945).
After the war, he was arrested by the Soviet NKVD and died at Butyrka prison in Moscow.
Life
Okulicki was born in November 1898 in Bratucice, Bochnia County in the Austrian section of partitioned Poland ("Galicia"). He was born on November 12, 1898 into the family of farmers Błażej and Anna née Korcyl.
In 1910 he enrolled at a local gymnasium (secondary school), and after 1913 was a member of the Związek Strzelecki (Riflemen's Association). The following year, aged 16, after finishing basic military training, he passed his NCO exams.
After the outbreak of World War I, in October 1915, he left school and volunteered for the Polish Legions, where he served with distinction in the 3rd Legions Infantry Regiment.
He remained in the Polish Army and fought in various units during World War I and the subsequent Polish–Bolshevik War (1919–1921). Okulicki was decorated with the highest Polish military order, the Virtuti Militari.
During the interwar period he remained in the army and in 1925 graduated from the prestigious Warsaw Military Academy. Afterward Okulicki took a post in the Grodno local corps headquarters.
Until the late 1930s, he taught at the Infantry Training Centre in Rembertów, and became commanding officer of Polish 13th Infantry Division.
Nazi occupation
In 1939, Okulicki was made commander of one of the departments of the Polish Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters.
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