Stanisław Maczek Military person

General Stanisław Maczek ([staˈɲiswav ˈmat͡ʂɛk]; 31 March 1892 – 11 December 1994) was a Polish tank commander of World War II, whose division was instrumental in the Allied liberation of France, closing the Falaise pocket, resulting in the destruction of 14 German Wehrmacht and SS divisions. A veteran of World War I, the Polish-Ukrainian and Polish-Bolshevik Wars, Maczek was the commander of Poland's only major armoured formation during the September 1939 campaign, and later commanded a Polish armoured formation in France in 1940. He was the commander of the famous First Polish Armoured Division, and later of the First Polish Army Corps under Allied Command in 1942-45.

Personal facts

Birth date	March 31, 1892
Birth place	Austria-Hungary , Galicia (Eastern Europe) , Lviv , Szczerzec
Date of death	December 11, 1994
Place of death	Edinburgh , Scotland

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award	Order of the Bath Legion of Honour Order of the White Eagle (Poland) Cross of Merit with Swords (Poland) Virtuti Militari Croix de guerre (Belgium) Distinguished Service Order Order of Polonia Restituta Cross of Valour (Poland) Order of the Star of Romania Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (France)
military operations	Invasion of Poland Falaise pocket Invasion of Normandy World War II Battle of Chambois Clearing the Channel Coast Battle of France Italian Front (World War I) World War I Polish–Soviet War Battle of Komarów Polish–Ukrainian War Battle of Lwów (1939) Hill 262 Battle of Jordanów Operation Tractable Battle of Jarosław
relation	Vladko Maček
service start	1914
service end	1947