Bruno Olbrycht
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General Bruno Olbrycht |
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| Nickname(s) | Olza |
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6 October 1895 Sanok, Galicia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 23 March 1951 (aged 55) Kraków, Polish People's Republic |
| Buried at | Powazki Cemetery, Warsaw (military section) (52°15′07″N 20°58′22″E / 52.25194°N 20.97278°ECoordinates: 52°15′07″N 20°58′22″E / 52.25194°N 20.97278°E) |
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| Years of service | 1914–1947 |
| Rank | Divisional general |
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Bruno Olbrycht (nom de guerre: Olza; 6 October 1895 – 23 March 1951) was a soldier of the Austro-Hungarian Army and officer (later general) of the Polish Army both in the Second Polish Republic and postwar Poland. Born on 6 October 1895 in Sanok, Austrian Galicia, Olbrycht fought in Polish Legions in World War I, Polish–Ukrainian War, Polish–Soviet War and the Invasion of Poland. He died on 23 March 1951 in Kraków.
Bruno Olbrycht’s father, Piotr Olbrycht was a veterinarian. As a teenager, he graduated from elementary school in Bochnia and high school in Wadowice, where he joined the Sokol paramilitary organization. During World War One, Olbrycht served in 3rd Regions Infantry Regiment. In 1917, he was promoted to captain and planned to study at Jagiellonian University, but instead, he continued to fight the Russians in Eastern Galicia, Bukovina and Volhynia. After the Battle of Rarańcza, he was interned in a camp at Khust.
In 1919–1920, Olbrycht participated in Polish-Ukrainian War as battalion commandant in 8th Legions Infantry Regiment. In the summer 1920, he fought in Polish-Soviet War in Volhynia and later in Belarus. In October 1920, following order of General Lucjan Żeligowski, he captured Švenčionys (Swieciany) (see Republic of Central Lithuania).
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