斯坦尼斯瓦夫·索萨波夫斯基

Quotes

• “Parachuting has taught us to be strong, and only those are needed by our country”
• “When jumping with a parachute, everyone is afraid. Do not believe those who say that they were not afraid. It is not true, and it would be unnatural”

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Key facts

Born

( 1892-05-08 ) 8 May 1892, Stanislau , Galicia , Austria-Hungary , (now Ivano-Frankivsk , Ukraine)

Died

25 September 1967 (1967-09-25) (aged 75), Hillingdon , London , England

Buried

Powązki Military Cemetery , Warsaw

Allegiance

Austro–Hungarian Empire (1913–1918) Second Polish Republic (1918–1946)

Branch

Austro-Hungarian Army Polish Land Forces

Service years

1913–1946

Rank

Brigadier General

Commands

21st Infantry Regiment 1st Independent Parachute Brigade

Conflicts

World War I Polish-Soviet War World War II ( Invasion of Poland , Battle of Mława , Battle of Arnhem )

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Virtuti Militari , Dutch Bronze Lion

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Wikidata facts

Image

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