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3 unusual facts about Polish Armed Forces


KS Lublinianka

The club was founded in 1921 under the name WKS Lublin (Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Lublin, English: Military Sports Club) and was supported by the Lublin garrison of the Polish Army.

Mieczysław Gocuł

In 2008 Gocuł became the Chief of the J5 Strategic Planning Directorate and in October 2010 he became the First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces and later was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in 2011.

Wacław Iwaniuk

He served in the Polish Diplomatic Corps and as an officer in the Polish Armed Forces during World War II.


Bernard Mond

Bernard Stanisław Mond (Spanier) (November 14, 1887 in Stanisławów – July 5, 1957 in Kraków) was a Jewish general of Polish Army in the interwar period.

Janusz Bojarski

Janusz Bojarski (born June 24, 1956) – General Officer of Polish Armed Forces, commander of Military Information Services since November 5, 2004 to December 6, 2004 and from December 14, 2005 to January 1, 2006.

Marshal of Poland

Recently, however, the rank of four-star with modernized name Generał has been introduced, and on August 15, 2002, was granted to Czesław Piątas, at present civilian, former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Poland.

Politics of Poland

The president, as the head of state, is the supreme commander of the Armed Forces and has the power to veto legislation passed by parliament, but otherwise has a mostly representative role.


see also

Konarski Secondary School in Rzeszów

Władysław Sikorski - Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile and Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces during World War II

Mieczyslaw Norwid-Neugebauer

Baruch Steinberg The Chief Rabbi of the Polish Armed Forces murdered by the Soviet NKVD

T-15 Light tank

Since experience with the Polish armed forces Vickers' showed that the air cooled 80 hp engine tended to overheat, the Belgian army requested a prototype equipped with a water-cooled Rolls-Royce engine, which would not fit in the back and therefore was installed sideways in the modified 6-ton tank.