Janusz Gąsiorowski Explained

General
Janusz Gąsiorowski
Order:Chief of the General Staff
Term Start:3 December 1931
Term End:7 June 1935
Predecessor:Tadeusz Piskor
Successor:Wacław Stachiewicz
Birth Date:17 June 1889
Birth Place:Lemberg, Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Lviv, Ukraine)
Death Place:Paris, France
Branch:20pxPolish Legions

20pxPolish Armed Forces
Serviceyears:1912–1939
Rank:Brigadier General
Battles:First World War
Polish–Soviet War
Invasion of Poland
Commands:7th Infantry Division
Resting Place:Cimetière des Champeaux de Montmorency

Janusz Gąsiorowski (1889 – 1949; born in Lemberg) was a Polish general, commander of the Polish 7th Infantry Division during the German invasion of Poland in 1939. Taken prisoner on 4 September in the battle of Częstochowa.[1] He was awarded the Serbian Order of Saint Sava and a number of other decorations.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rozbicie 7 Dywizji Piechoty pod Częstochową. www.muzeum-slask1939.pl. 2019-09-06.
  2. Book: Acović, Dragomir. Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. 2012. Belgrade. Službeni Glasnik. 613.