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Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko

Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko
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Born (1893-01-19)January 19, 1893
Chełm, Lublin Governorate, Vistula Land, Russian Empire
Died June 20, 1982(1982-06-20) (aged 89)
London, United Kingdom
Allegiance  Russian Empire
 Poland
Polish government-in-exile
Rank Naramiennik General Dywizji.svg Divisional general

Zygmunt Piotr Bohusz-Szyszko (1893 in Chełm – 1982 in London) was a Polish general. During World War I he served in the Imperial Russian army.

In 1940, he was Commanding Officer Polish Independent Highland Brigade (Samodzielna Brygada Strzelcow Podhalanskich) during the Battle of Narvik in the Norwegian campaign. The forces under his command succeeded in capturing the Ankenes peninsula during May 1940.



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