Stanisław Maczek
| Stanisław Władysław Maczek | |
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| Nickname(s) | Baca |
| Born |
March 31, 1892 Szczerzec near Lwów Galicia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | December 11, 1994 (aged 102) Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Allegiance |
 Poland
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| Years of service | 1914–47 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | • Order of the White Eagle • Knight's Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari • Gold Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari • Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari • Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta • Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta • Cross of Valour • Gold Cross of Merit with Swords • French Legion of Honor • French Croix de Guerre • Belgian Croix de Guerre • Commander of the British Order of the Bath • British Distinguished Service Order • Order of the Star of Romania |
| Relations | Vladko Maček (cousin) |
Polish-Ukrainian War
Polish-Bolshevik War
General Stanisław Maczek ([staˈɲiswav ˈmat͡ʂɛk]; 31 March 1892 – 11 December 1994) was a Polish tank commander of World War II, whose division was instrumental in the Allied liberation of France, closing the Falaise pocket, resulting in the destruction of 14 German Wehrmacht and SS divisions. A veteran of World War I, the Polish-Ukrainian and Polish-Bolshevik Wars, Maczek was the commander of Poland's only major armoured formation during the September 1939 campaign, and later commanded a Polish armoured formation in France in 1940. He was the commander of the famous 1st Polish Armoured Division, and later of the I Polish Army Corps under Allied Command in 1942–45.
Stanisław Władysław Maczek was born on 31 March 1892 in the Lwów suburb of Szczerzec (now Ukrainian: Shchirets), then in Austro-Hungarian Galicia. His father was a lawyer, who after retiring opened chambers in Drohobycz. His family was of distant Croatian extraction; he was a cousin of the Croatian politician Vladko Maček.
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