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Stanisław Kopański

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Stanisław Kopański

First name:

Stanisław

Last Name:

Kopański

Date of birth:

19-05-1895

Place of birth:

Petersburg

Date of death:

23-03-1976

Place od death:

Londyn

Age:

80

Profession:

general

Grade:

gen. dyw.

Honours and awards:

Krzyż Złoty Orderu Wojennego Virtuti Militari, Krzyż Srebrny Orderu Wojskowego Virtuti Militari, Wielka Wstęga Orderu Odrodzenia Polski, Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski Krzyż Walecznych, Złoty Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami Złoty Krzyż Zasługi, Medal Niepodległości, Order Łaźni, Komandor Orderu Imperium Brytyjskiego, Distinguished Service Order, Oficer Orderu Legii Honorowej, Krzyż Wojenny, Medal międzysojuszniczy „Médaille Interalliée”, Krzyż Wielki Magistralny Orderu Maltańskiego

Biography:

Stanisław Kopański (1895-1976), engineer and officer in the Polish Army. He studied in St Petersburg and served in the Russian army during the First World War. After the war, he graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology with a diploma in engineering of roads and bridges, and took part in the Polish-Bolshevik war. In 1925, he began working as a lecturer at the Officer School of Artillery in Toruń. He also studied at the Higher War College in France. In September 1939, he was Chief of the Operational Branch of the Supreme Commander's Staff. After the USSR's aggression against Poland, he made his way to Romania and then to France. After the fall of France, he evacuated to Palestine and later to Great Britain, where he continued his military and emigration activities.

Publikacja:

16.06.2023

Ostatnia aktualizacja:

30.11.2024
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Portrait of Stanisław Kopański
Portrait of Stanisław Kopański, photo nieznany, przed 1931, Public domain

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