13 Facts About Tadeusz Kutrzeba

Tadeusz Kutrzeba was a general of the army during the Second Polish Republic.

Tadeusz Kutrzeba served as a major general in the Polish Army in overall command of Army Poznan during the 1939 German Invasion of Poland.

Tadeusz Kutrzeba was born in Krakow, a part of Austria-Hungary, since the 1795 partition of Poland.

Tadeusz Kutrzeba's father was a captain in the Imperial Austrian Army.

Tadeusz Kutrzeba then continued his studies in the city of Hranice.

Tadeusz Kutrzeba graduated with distinction from the Imperial and Royal Technical Military Academy in Modling and was commissioned as a second lieutenant, in an explosives ordnance unit.

Tadeusz Kutrzeba chose to return to his native Krakow where he was posted from 1906 to 1910.

In 1910, Kutrzeba continued his military education in Vienna, studying engineering, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1911.

Tadeusz Kutrzeba devised the Polish counterattack plan of the battle of Bzura and commanded the Poznan and Pomorze Armies during the battle.

General Tadeusz Kutrzeba remained a prisoner of war until April 1945, when Oflag VII-A Murnau was liberated by American forces.

General Tadeusz Kutrzeba was given an opportunity to return to Poland.

Tadeusz Kutrzeba was buried with military honors at Brookwood Cemetery.

Tadeusz Kutrzeba was posthumously awarded the Virtuti Militari War Order III class.