The Generals of WWII

Generals from Poland Flag for Poland
Portrait of Lieutenant-General Zygmunt Berling

Berling

Zygmunt, Lieutenant-General

(1896 – 1980) (PPA)

1937
- 1939
Commanding Officer 4th Regiment
1939
At disposal
1939
Arrested by the NKVD
1939
- 1941
Prisoner of War, Soviet Union
1941
- 1942
Chief of Staff 5th Division, Soviet Union
1942
- 1943
General Officer Commanding Polish Forces in Soviet Union
1943
General Officer Commanding 1st Division Polish People's Army Tadeusz Kosciuszko
1943
- 1944
General Officer Commanding I Corps Polish People's Army
1944
General Officer Commanding 1st Polish People's Army
1944
Deputy Commander in Chief Polish People's Army
1945
- 1947
Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff, Soviet Union
1947
Commandant of General Staff Academy
1948
- 1953
Commandant of General Staff Academy
Picture source: Courtesy of Piotr Kapuscinski