Major Henryk Sucharski

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Major Henryk Sucharski was a Polish army officer best known for commanding the heroic defense of the Westerplatte peninsula during the opening days of World War II.

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Major Henryk Sucharski canonical 1

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instanceOf Polish Army officer
human
awardReceived Cross of Valour (Poland)
Order of Polonia Restituta
Virtuti Militari
burialPlace Polish Military Cemetery of Casamassima
causeOfDeath illness
commanded Westerplatte Peninsula
surface form: Westerplatte garrison
commemoratedBy schools named after Henryk Sucharski in Poland
streets named after Henryk Sucharski in Poland
conflict German attack on Westerplatte
surface form: Battle of Westerplatte

Invasion of Poland
Polish–Soviet War
World War I
World War II
countryOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary
countryOfCitizenship Poland
dateOfBirth 1898-11-12
dateOfDeath 1946-08-30
ethnicGroup Poles
familyName Sucharski
givenName Henryk
hasOccupation soldier
hasRole defender of Westerplatte
heldIn German prisoner-of-war camps
languageSpoken Polish
memorial monument at Westerplatte
militaryBranch Polish Army
militaryRank major
nobleTitle none
notableFor heroic defense of Westerplatte in September 1939
notableWork German attack on Westerplatte
surface form: defense of Westerplatte
partOf Polish Army
surface form: Second Polish Republic armed forces
placeOfBirth Gręboszów
placeOfDeath Naples
surface form: Neapol
positionHeld commandant of the Military Transit Depot at Westerplatte
religion Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male
surrenderedOn 1939-09-07
wasPrisonerOfWar true

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Westerplatte Monument in Gdańsk dedicatedTo Major Henryk Sucharski