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== Military == {{See also|Category:Polish military personnel}} {{Main|List of Polish admirals}} {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} {{div col|colwidth=27em}} * [[Władysław Anders]], general, military commander during the [[Battle of Monte Cassino]] (1944) * [[Krzysztof Arciszewski]], general of artillery of Holland (1639), and Poland (1646) * [[Józef Bem]], military commander, commander-in-chief of Hungarian army (1849) * [[Janusz Bokszczanin]], colonel, last chief of staff of the [[Home Army]] (1944–1945) * [[Edmond Wilhelm Brillant]] (1916–2004) * [[Moshe Carmel]] (1911–2003), Israeli Major-General and Israeli Minister of Transportation * [[Jan Karol Chodkiewicz]], military commander, victor of [[Kircholm]] (1605) * [[Józef Chyliński]], resistance fighter * [[Michał Czajkowski]] (Sadok Pasha) (1804–1886), Polish commander-in-chief of an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Cossack]] brigade during the [[Crimean War]] (1853–1856) * [[Stefan Czarniecki]], [[Hetman|Field Crown Hetman]] of Poland (1665) * [[Jan Henryk Dąbrowski]], general, military commander during the [[Napoleonic Wars]] * [[Jarosław Dąbrowski]], military commander during the [[January Uprising|January 1863 Uprising]] and the [[Paris Commune]] (1871) * [[Henryk Dembiński]], military commander in the [[November uprising]] and the Hungarian uprising of 1849 * [[Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski]], general, ambassador, nominated President of Poland (1939) * [[Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki]], general, military commander in the [[Greater Poland Uprising (1918–19)|Greater Poland Uprising]] (1919) * [[Bolesław Bronisław Duch]], World War II general * [[Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski]] (1894–2005), soldier in World War I and in the 1920–21 [[Polish-Soviet War]]; at his death, he was the oldest man in the United Kingdom (111 years old)<ref>{{cite web| author = Staff | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4516532.stm |title= UK's 'Oldest' Man Dies, Aged 111 |publisher= [[BBC News]] |date= 10 December 2005 |access-date= 4 October 2012}}</ref> * [[Emil August Fieldorf]], general, last deputy commander-in-chief of the [[Home Army]] (1944–1945) * [[Wanda Gertz]], major, soldier during World War I, Home Army commandant in World War II and in German POW camps * [[Józef Haller de Hallenburg|Józef Haller]], politician, commander of the Polish Army in France during World War I * [[Stanisław Haller]], general, murdered by the [[NKVD]] in the 1940 [[Katyn massacre]]s * [[Hava Inbar]] (died 2024), Lieutenant Colonel of the Israeli Defense Forces and the first female military judge in the world * [[Stanisław Jan Jabłonowski]], [[Hetman|Grand Crown Hetman]] (1682/3–1702) * [[Jan Nowak-Jezioranski]] (1913–2005), journalist and World War II hero * [[Berek Joselewicz]], Polish-Jewish colonel in the [[Kościuszko Uprising]] and in [[Napoleon]]'s [[Polish Legions (Napoleonic period)|Polish Legions]]; commanded the first Jewish military formation in modern history * [[Mikołaj Kamieniecki]], first [[Hetman|Grand Crown Hetman]] of Poland (1503–1515) * [[Werner Kampe]], SS Hauptsturmführer war criminal, Kreisleiter of the NSDAP, Mayor of Bydgoszcz * [[Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski]], general, founder of the resistance movement "Polish Victory Service" (27 September 1939) * [[Kazimierz J. Kasperek]], most decorated [[Polish Navy]] officer of World War II * [[Wanda Józefa Maria Kirchmayer]], second lieutenant of the Polish Secret Military Organization (1940–1944) * [[Tadeusz Klimecki]], general, the Chief of the [[Polish General Staff|General staff of the Polish Army]] (1941–1943) * [[Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski]], general, commander-in-chief of the [[Home Army]] (1943–1944), during [[Warsaw Uprising (1944)|Warsaw Uprising]] (1944) * [[Stanisław Koniecpolski]], [[Hetman|Grand Crown Hetman]] (1632–1646) * [[Stanisław Kopański]], general, the Chief of the [[Polish General Staff|General staff of the Polish Army]] (1943–1946) * [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]], Polish and American commander, general and revolutionist * [[Jan Kozietulski]], colonel, commander during the [[Napoleonic Wars]] * [[Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski]], Polish [[Union Army|Union]] general in the [[American Civil War]]; [[Chopin]]'s first cousin * [[Marian Kukiel]], World War II general, historian * [[Franciszek Latinik]], general, military governor of Warsaw during the 1920 [[Battle of Warsaw (1920)|Battle of Warsaw]] * [[Aleksander Lisowski]], commander of 17th-century ''[[Lisowczycy]]'' * [[Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski]], Prince, [[Hetman|Field Crown Hetman]] (1657–1664), victor at the [[Battle of Chudniv]] (Cudnów) (1660) * [[Walenty Łukawski]], captain in the [[Bar Confederation]], abductor of King [[Stanisław August Poniatowski]] * [[Stanisław Maczek]] (1892–1994), commander of the Polish Armored Division; after World War II, commander-in-chief of Polish forces in exile * [[Bernard Mond]], Polish–Jewish general * [[Mieczysław Norwid-Neugebauer]], general and minister of Polish–Jewish family * [[Leopold Okulicki]], general, last commander-in-chief of the [[Home Army]] (1944–1945) * [[Juliusz Konstanty Ordon]], officer in the [[November uprising]] (1830–1831) * [[Adam Ostrzycki]], Marshall of the confederation army 1665-6 * [[Tadeusz Pełczyński]], chief of staff of the [[Home Army]] (''ZWZ / AK'') (1941–1944) * [[Józef Piłsudski]], statesman, interwar [[Marshal of Poland]] * [[Emilia Plater]], countess, heroine of the [[November Uprising|November 1830 Uprising]] * [[Józef Poniatowski]], prince, Polish general and marshal of France * [[Kazimierz Pułaski]] (Casimir Pulaski), Polish and American military commander * [[Konstantin Rokossovsky]], Marshal of the Soviet Union during WWII * [[Stefan Rowecki]], general, military commander, commander-in-chief of the [[Union of Armed Struggle|Armed Resistance]] (''ZWZ'') (1940–1942) and [[Home Army]] (1942–1943) * [[Tadeusz Jordan-Rozwadowski]], general, Chief of Staff during the [[Battle of Warsaw (1920)|Battle of Warsaw]] * [[Edward Rydz-Śmigły]], marshal, military commander, successful in the [[Polish-Soviet War]], C-in-C of the Polish Army in the [[Invasion of Poland|September 1939 Campaign]] * [[Yitzhak Sadeh]] (born Isaac Landsberg; 1890–1952), a founder of the [[Israel Defense Forces]] * [[Danuta Siedzikówna]] (1928–1946), medical orderly in Polish Army * [[Władysław Sikorski]], general, commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces and Prime Minister of Poland (1939–1943) * [[Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski]] (1885–1962), general, physician and 28th Prime Minister of Poland (1936–1939) * [[Piotr Skuratowicz]], general of the Polish Army, was murdered by the [[NKVD]] in the [[Katyn massacre]] * [[Stanisław Sosabowski]], commander of the [[Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade]], which saw action at the [[Battle of Arnhem]] during [[Operation Market Garden]] (1944) * [[Kazimierz Sosnkowski]], general, Commander-in-Chief of Polish Armed Forces (1943–1944) * [[Adam Sowa]], former deputy chief executive of the European Defence Agency * [[Józef Sowiński]], general, hero of the [[November uprising]] (1830–1831) * [[Zygmunt Szendzielarz]] ("Łupaszko") * [[Ignacy Szymanski]], veteran of [[November Uprising|November 1830 Uprising]] and [[American Civil War]] (on the Confederate side) * [[Jerzy Świrski]] (1882–1959), vice admiral in the Polish navy under British command during [[World War II]] * [[Jan Tarnowski]], [[Hetman|Grand Crown Hetman]] (1527–1561), victor of [[Battle of Obertyn|Obertyn]] (1531) * [[Jozef Unrug]] (1884–1973), German-born vice-admiral in Polish navy, imprisoned in [[Colditz Castle]] during WWII * [[Maria Wittek]] (1899–1997), brigadier general, head of Women's Auxiliary Military Service (1928–1949) * [[Wojtek (bear)|Wojtek Perski]] (1942–1963), a Persian bear, [[World War II]] [[Polish II Corps]] enlisted soldier * [[Stefania Wojtulanis-Karpińska]] (1912–2005), Captain in the [[Polish Air Force]], pilot in [[Air Transport Auxiliary]] during Second World War, where known as Barbara Wojtulanis * [[Piotr Wysocki]], led the November Uprising (1830) * [[Aleksandra Zagórska]], lieutenant colonel, independence activist and organiser of women's military squads (1917–1921) * [[Kordian Józef Zamorski]], general; chief of the Polish state police (1935–1939) * [[Jan Zamoyski]], Great Chancellor of Poland (1578–1605) and [[Hetman|Grand Crown Hetman]] (1581–1605) * [[Władysław Stanisław Zamoyski]], general in the [[Crimean War]], diplomat (1803–1868) * [[Elżbieta Zawacka]], general; the only woman among the [[Silent Unseen]] * [[Stanisław Żółkiewski]], chancellor of Poland, military commander, conqueror of Moscow (1610), [[Hetman|Grand Crown Hetman]] (1613–1620) * [[Janusz Żurakowski]], World War II fighter pilot and [[Avro Arrow]] test pilot {{div col end}} {{col-break|width=220px}} <gallery mode=nolines widths=100 heights=100 style="width:220px"> File:Wladyslaw Anders.jpg|[[Wladyslaw Anders|Anders]] File:Józef Bem 111.JPG|[[Józef Bem|Bem]] File:Jan Karol Chodkiewicz 1.PNG|[[Jan Karol Chodkiewicz|Chodkiewicz]] File:Stefan Czarniecki.PNG|[[Stefan Czarniecki|Czarniecki]] File:JHDąbrowski 1.JPG|[[Jan Henryk Dąbrowski|Jan Dąbrowski]] File:GeneralDuch.jpg|[[Bolesław Bronisław Duch|Duch]] File:Generał Józef Haller.jpg|[[Józef Haller|Haller]] File:Stanislaw Koniecpolski (5857040) (cropped).jpg|[[Stanisław Koniecpolski|Koniecpolski]] File:Schweikart Tadeusz Kościuszko.jpg|[[Tadeusz Kościuszko|Kościuszko]] File:Wlodzimierz Krzyzanowski.jpg|[[Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski|Krzyżanowski]] FranciszekKsaweryLatinik.jpg|[[Franciszek Latinik|Latinik]] File:Stanislaw Maczek 2.jpg|[[Stanisław Maczek|Maczek]] File:Jozef Pilsudski1.jpg|[[Józef Piłsudski|Piłsudski]] File:Emilia Plater (284384).jpg|[[Emilia Plater|Plater]] File:Prince Joseph Poniatowski by Józef Grassi.jpg|[[Józef Poniatowski|Poniatowski]] File:Kazimierz Pułaski.PNG|[[Casimir Pulaski|Pułaski]] File:Tadeusz Rozwadowski.jpg|[[Tadeusz Jordan-Rozwadowski|Rozwadowski]] File:Marshal Rydz-Smigly LOC hec 27123.jpg|[[Edward Rydz-Śmigły|Rydz-Śmigły]] File:Wladyslaw Sikorski 2.jpg|[[Władysław Sikorski|Sikorski]] File:Sosnkowski Kazimierz.jpg|[[Kazimierz Sosnkowski|Sosnkowski]] File:Józef Sowiński.PNG|[[Józef Sowiński|Sowiński]] File:Jan Tarnowski (Hetman).jpg|[[Jan Tarnowski|Tarnowski]] File:Maria Wittek.jpg|[[Maria Wittek|Wittek]] File:Wojtek the bear.jpg|[[Wojtek (bear)]] File:Jan Zamoyski.jpg|[[Jan Zamoyski|Zamoyski]] File:Elżbieta Zawacka.jpg|[[Elżbieta Zawacka|Zawacka]] File:Lesseur-Hetman Żółkiewski.jpg|[[Stanisław Żółkiewski|Żółkiewski]] </gallery> {{col-end}}
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