General Michał Tadeusz Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski, Coat of arms of Trąby pseudonym Doktor, Stolarski, Torwid (b. January 5, 1893 in Lwów - May 22, 1964 in Casablanca, Morocco) was a Polish general, founder of the resistance movement "Polish Victory Service".
Michał served in the Polish Legions from 1914 until 1917, then in the POW (Polish Military Organization). He was a commanding officer of the "5th Infantry Legion Regiment" during the Polish-Ukra...
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General Michał Tadeusz Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski, Coat of arms of Trąby pseudonym Doktor, Stolarski, Torwid (b. January 5, 1893 in Lwów - May 22, 1964 in Casablanca, Morocco) was a Polish general, founder of the resistance movement "Polish Victory Service".
Michał served in the Polish Legions from 1914 until 1917, then in the POW (Polish Military Organization). He was a commanding officer of the "5th Infantry Legion Regiment" during the Polish-Ukrainian War, which fought in Lwów.
After Poland regained independence in 1918, Michał served in the Polish Army. In April 1919 he participated in the Polish-Lithuanian War, when Wilno was seized by Poland. From 1924 until 1926 he was commanding the "19th Infantry Division" in Wilno, from 1928 until 1932 a commanding officer of the "25th Infantry Division" in Kalisz and from 1932 until 1939 a commanding officer of the Corps area (okreg korpusu) in Grodno, Lwów and Toruń.
During the Polish Defensive War of 1939, he was commanding the Operation...
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