Julian Stachiewicz | |
Nickname: | Wicz |
Birth Date: | 26 July 1890 |
Birth Place: | Lviv, Austria-Hungary |
Death Place: | Warsaw, Poland |
Allegiance: | |
Branch: | Austro-Hungarian Army Polish Army |
Serviceyears: | 1914–1934 |
Rank: | Brigadier general |
Battles: | First World War Polish-Ukrainian War Polish-Soviet War |
Julian Stachiewicz (pronounced as /pl/; 1890[1] - September 20, 1934[2]) was a brigadier general in the Polish Army, historian, and writer.
Julian Stachiewicz was the brother of General Wacław Stachiewicz.
Before World War I he joined the Riflemen's Association. In 1914-21 he fought in the Polish Legions, the Polish Military Organization, the Greater Poland Uprising, the Polish-Ukrainian War, and the Polish-Soviet War. He briefly commanded the 13th Infantry Division and in 1923 became head of the Military Bureau of History (Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne),[3] being promoted a year later to brigadier general.
In 1928 he created the Military Historical Review (Wojskowy Przegląd Historyczny), a journal that is published to this day.[4] He was involved with Polish Radio and was a member of academic societies such as the Polish Academy of Learning.