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4 unusual facts about Karol Świerczewski


Jabłonki

It was in Jabłonki that on March 28, 1947, Poland's General Karol Świerczewski was killed in an ambush organised by Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

Karol Świerczewski

In 1953, a Polish two-part film depicting the life of Świerczewski, Żołnierz zwycięstwa (A Soldier of Victory), was released.

Świerczewski was heavily wounded in a skirmish in March 1947, as he went on inspection of the Polish troops fighting with Ukrainians without an escort, in an ambush organized by Ukrainian Insurgent Army near Baligród, and died within hours after.

Łucznik Arms Factory

After World War II the factory was renamed: Zakłady Metalowe im. gen. "Waltera" (General Walter's Metal Works).



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