Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski

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Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski was a Polish general and Home Army commander who led the underground resistance against Nazi Germany during World War II and later served as Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Home Army commander
Polish general
World War II resistance leader
human
allegiance Polish government-in-exile
Second Polish Republic
appointed Commander of the Home Army in 1943
awardReceived Cross of Valour (Poland)
Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
Virtuti Militari
birthDate 1895-06-01
birthPlace Austro-Hungarian Empire
Lwów
burialPlace Gunnersbury Cemetery
causeOfDeath cancer
commanded Home Army
Warsaw Uprising forces
countryOfCitizenship Poland
deathDate 1966-08-24
deathPlace London
United Kingdom
educatedAt Austro-Hungarian military schools
Lwów Polytechnic
familyName Komorowski
givenName Tadeusz
hasOccupation military officer
politician
languageSpoken Polish
memberOf Home Army
militaryBranch Polish Army
militaryRank general
nickname Bór
notableWork Leadership of the Warsaw Uprising
Organization of the Polish underground resistance against Nazi Germany
participantIn Invasion of Poland
Polish–Soviet War
Warsaw Uprising
World War II
placeOfDetention German prisoner-of-war camps
positionHeld Commander-in-chief of the Home Army
Commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces in the West
Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile
religion Roman Catholicism
residence London
servedIn Austro-Hungarian Army
Polish Army (Second Polish Republic)
Polish Legions in World War I
spouse Irena Komorowska
surrenderedTo German forces after the Warsaw Uprising


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