*** Welcome to piglix ***

Wladyslaw Sikorski

General
Władysław Sikorski
Wladyslaw Sikorski 2.jpg
Prime Minister of Poland
1st Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile
In office
30 September 1939 – 4 July 1943
President Władysław Raczkiewicz
Preceded by Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski (in country)
Succeeded by Stanisław Mikołajczyk
Prime Minister of Poland
9th Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland
In office
16 December 1922 – 26 May 1923
President Maciej Rataj (interim), Stanisław Wojciechowski
Preceded by Julian Nowak
Succeeded by Wincenty Witos
General Inspector of the Armed Forces
3rd General Inspector of the Armed Forces
In office
7 November 1939 – 4 July 1943
President Władysław Raczkiewicz
Preceded by Edward Śmigły-Rydz
Succeeded by Kazimierz Sosnkowski
Personal details
Born Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski
(1881-05-20)20 May 1881
Tuszów Narodowy, Austria-Hungary
Died 4 July 1943(1943-07-04) (aged 62)
Gibraltar
Political party None
Spouse(s) Olga Helena Zubrzewska (1888–1972)
Children Zofia Leśniowska (1912–1943)
Profession Soldier, Statesman
Awards Virtuti Militari
Signature
Military service
Allegiance  Second Polish Republic
Service/branch Orzełek legionowy.svg Polish Legions
Orzełek II RP.svg Polish Army
Years of service 1914–1928
1939–1943
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands 9th Infantry Division
Battles/wars

First World War
Polish–Soviet War

Second World War

First World War
Polish–Soviet War

Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski (Polish pronunciation: [vwaˈdɨswaf ɕiˈkɔrskʲi]; 20 May 1881 – 4 July 1943) was a Polish military and political leader.

Prior to the First World War, Sikorski established and participated in several underground organizations that promoted the cause of the independence of Poland from the Russian Empire. He fought with distinction in the Polish Legions during the First World War, and later in the newly created Polish Army during the Polish–Soviet War of 1919 to 1921. In that war he played a prominent role in the decisive Battle of Warsaw (1920). In the early years of the Second Polish Republic, Sikorski held government posts, including serving as Prime Minister (1922 to 1923) and as Minister of Military Affairs (1923 to 1924). Following Józef Piłsudski's May Coup of 1926 and the installation of the Sanacja government, he fell out of favor with the new régime.

During the Second World War, Sikorski became Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile, Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces, and a vigorous advocate of the Polish cause in the diplomatic sphere. He supported the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Poland and the Soviet Union, which had been severed after the Soviet pact with Germany and the 1939 invasion of Poland — however, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin broke off Soviet-Polish diplomatic relations in April 1943 following Sikorski's request that the International Red Cross investigate the Katyń Forest massacre.


...
Wikipedia

...