Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski

Gen. Wieniawa-Długoszowski (2nd from the right) with Col. Józef Beck (2nd left) during the Legionnaires' meeting in Kraków; 1930s

Bolesław Ignacy Florian Wieniawa-Długoszowski (1881 - 1942) was a Polish general and man of letters.

His Life - A Survey

1914 - Fought with Piłsudski's legions as his adjutant and became imprisoned with him by the Austrians
1926 - 1929 Commanding Officer 1st Light Cavalry Regiment
1927 - Acting Commanding Officer 1st Cavalry Brigade
1929 - 1930 Acting Military Commandant of Warsaw
1930 - 1932 Acting General Officer Commanding 2nd Cavalry Division
1932 - 1938 General Officer Commanding 2nd Cavalry Division
1938 - 1940 Ambassador to Italy
1939 - Nominated president of Poland by retiring President Ignacy Moscicki, but blackballed by the French
1942 - Died in New York by his own hand (or murdered).

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Szuflada Generała Wieniawa, edited by Elżbieta Grabska and Marek Pitasz, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warsaw 1998

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Republic of Poland	Gabriel Narutowicz · Maciej Rataj (acting) · Stanisław Wojciechowski · Maciej Rataj (acting) · Ignacy Mościcki
Government in Exile	Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski · Władysław Raczkiewicz · August Zaleski · Council of Three · Stanisław Ostrowski · Edward Raczyński · Kazimierz Sabbat · Ryszard Kaczorowski
People's Republic of Poland	Bolesław Bierut · office superseded · Wojciech Jaruzelski
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