Henryk Sucharski

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Polish military officer World War II prisoner of war human

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

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Polish military officer → World War II prisoner of war → human →
allegiance	Second Polish Republic →
awardReceived	Cross of Valour (Poland) → Virtuti Militari →
burialPlace	Westerplatte →
capturedBy	Wehrmacht →
causeOfDeath	illness →
commemoratedBy	monuments at Westerplatte → streets named after him in Poland →
conflict	Invasion of Poland → World War II →
countryOfBirth	Austria-Hungary →
countryOfCitizenship	Poland →
dateOfBirth	1898-11-12 →
dateOfDeath	1946-08-30 →
detainedIn	German prisoner-of-war camp →
ethnicGroup	Poles →
familyName	Sucharski →
genreOfNotability	military history →
givenName	Henryk →
hasPartInNarrative	Polish September Campaign →
hasRoleIn	symbol of Polish resistance in 1939 →
memorializedIn	Polish literature about Westerplatte → films about the defense of Westerplatte →
militaryBranch	Polish Army →
militaryRank	captain → major →
nativeLanguage	Polish →
notableFor	defense of Westerplatte →
occupation	military officer → soldier →
participatedIn	Polish–Soviet War → defense of Westerplatte →
placeOfBirth	Gręboszów →
placeOfDeath	Neapol →
positionHeld	commandant of the Military Transit Depot at Westerplatte →
serviceEnd	1945 →
serviceStart	World War I era →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
German attack on Westerplatte →	hasOpposingCommander