Bronisław Rakowski

Gen. Bronisław Rakowski 1942

Bronisław Stanisław Rakowski (20 June 1895 in Szczucin – 28 December 1950 in Buenos Aires) was a Polish general. He fought in the Polish legions during World War I. As a Colonel defending Lviv he refused entry to the Soviet Army during the Soviet invasion of Poland, instead suggesting the Soviets advance on German positions, and after the city capitulated, was later imprisoned by the Soviet NKVD. During World War II, he fought in the Anders Army and Polish Armed Forces in the West.

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  1. ↑ "Deaths Elsewhere". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1951-01-01. p. 30. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  2. ↑ Moorhouse, Roger (2019). First to fight : the Polish War 1939. London: Random House. pp. 248–9. ISBN 978-1-84792-460-5. OCLC 1108710545.
  3. 1 2 3 Kochanski, Halik (2012). The eagle unbowed : Poland and the Poles in the Second World War (First ed.). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. pp. 467, 602. ISBN 978-0-674-06816-2. OCLC 823740108.
  4. 1 2 Protassewicz, Irena (2019). A Polish Woman's experience in World War II : conflict, deportation and exile. London. p. 229. ISBN 978-1-350-07994-6. OCLC 1082137024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ↑ Bałuk, Stefan (2008). Poland at arms 1939-1945. Warsaw: Polonia Publishers. p. 64. ISBN 978-83-7021-117-2. OCLC 25371705.
  6. ↑ "Rakowski, Bronislaw Stanislaw - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com. Retrieved 2022-11-24.