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Polish general
Stanisław Taczak
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Polish general
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Place of birth
Mieszków, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Gmina Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Place of death
Malbork, Malbork County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Age
85 years
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Biography
Stanisław Taczak (8 April 1874, Mieszków (now in Jarocin County) – 2 March 1960, Malbork) was a Polish general. Until 8 January 1919, he was temporary commander-in-chief of the Great Poland Uprising (1918-1919).
After the Invasion of Poland in 1939, he was imprisoned in the Oflag VII-A Murnau POW camp in Germany.
Honours and awards
- Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Cross of Independence
- Cross of Valour (twice)
- Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honour (France)
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