Juliusz Rómmel
| Juliusz Rómmel | |
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| Born |
3 June 1881 Grodno |
| Died | 8 September 1967 (aged 86) Warsaw, Poland |
| Allegiance |
 Russian Empire (1903–1917) Second Polish Republic (1918–1939) Polish People's Republic (1945–1947)
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| Service/branch |
Imperial Russian Army Polish Army |
| Years of service | 1903–1947 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands held |
Polish 1st Legions Infantry Division 1st Cavalry Division Łódź Army Warszawa Army |
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First World War
Russian Civil War
Polish–Soviet War
Juliusz Karol Wilhelm Rómmel (3 June 1881 – 8 September 1967) was a Polish military commander, a general of the Polish Army and a member of the civil rights movement.
He graduated from the Corps of Cadets in Pskov and the Military School of St. Petersburg. During World War I he served as a Tsarist army officer and fought in the 1st Artillery Brigade of the Russian Army. In 1917 he joined the Polish Army. During the Polish-Bolshevik War, he gained great fame for achieving a decisive victory in the Battle of Komarów, the largest cavalry engagement of the 20th century. A commander of two Polish armies during the Polish Defensive War of 1939, Rómmel was one of the most controversial of the generals to serve during that conflict. After the invasion he was captured by German troops and interned in a POW camp in Murnau. After the liberation by the Americans he returned to Poland to serve as Commander in Chief. After 1956 Rómmel worked in the Association of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy.
Although the Rummel family felt Polish and spoke Polish at home, they were in fact heirs to one of the oldest German families in Central Europe, tracing its roots to a certain Matthias Heinrich Freiherr von Rummel, a Livonian Brother of the Sword who in 1332 owned the Getzingen castle near Julich in Westphalia and settled in Courland to support the Teutonic Knights in their struggle against the pagan Balts.
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