Ignacy Misiąg (July 30, 1891 – January 24, 1942) was a Polish infantry colonel who was most notable for his service in World War II.
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Early years and World War I Misiąg was the son of Jan Misiąg (1853–1927) and Franciszka née Krajnig who both were poor peasants. He attended a gymnasium in Jarosław, where he obtained his secondary school- leaving examination in 1910. After graduating from the gymnasium, he began law studies at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, which he had to leave because he was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian Army. In the years 1910 to 1911 he completed a one-year volunteer military service in the independent battalion of the 90th Infantry Regiment. At that time, he was serving in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After fulfilling his military obligations, he returned to education, at the same time joining the Sports and Gymnastic Society "Strzelec". After the outbreak of World War I, in 1914 he was mobilized into the Austro-Hungarian Army. After graduating from officer training, he was sent to the Serbian campaign as a reserve cadet. In 1915 he was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant in reserve with seniority on 1 July 1915. He fought in Montenegro and Italy where he underwent malaria. In 1918, Ignacy Misiąg was promoted to the rank of lieutenant with seniority on May 1, 1915.
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Ignacy Misiąg (July 30, 1891 – January 24, 1942) was a Polish infantry colonel who was most notable for his service in World War II.
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Service in the Polish Armed Forces After the end of World War I, he returned from the front to Jičín. He became the organizer and the first commander of the 14th Kujavian Infantry Regiment, because at the turn of October and November 1918 he took command of the reserve battalion of the 90th Infantry Regiment, most of which consisted of Poles. On the basis of this battalion, he created a unit called the 9th Infantry Regiment. After the 9th infantry regiment was transported to Jarosław, Lieutenant Misiąg became actively involved in organizing the units of the Polish Armed Forces. In February 1919, the 9th Infantry Regiment was renamed the 14th infantry regiment, and on February 17, 1919, Ignacy Misiąg became adjutant to the commander of this regiment. At that time, on the basis of the decree of December 27, 1918 of the Commander-in-Chief Józef Piłsudski, he was admitted as a former Austro-Hungarian army officer to the Polish Armed Forces. In turn, on the basis of order No. 178 issued by the Chief of the General Staff Maj. Gen. Stanisław Szeptycki, on November 1, 1918, he was assigned (with the rank of lieutenant) to the Przemyśl Military District. In the ranks…
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World War II In July 1939 he became the commander of the "Ignacy" Detached Unit and at its head took part in the September Campaign. The task of OW "Ignacy" (otherwise known as "Brzeźce") was to cover the direction of Pszczyna . On September 1 and 2, the group of Col. Misiąga fought fierce battles with the German 5th Panzer Division, as a result of which, despite its initial success, it was defeated near Pszczyna. Further fights were conducted by Colonel Misiąg together with the 6th Infantry Division (as part of the "Bielsko" Operational Group ) in Silesia, on the Dunajec, on the San, in the Biłgoraj forests and in the first Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski. On September 20, 1939, after the surrender of the 6th Infantry Division in the area of Rawa Ruska, he was taken prisoner by the Germans.
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Initially, he stayed in the camp in Bochnia, and then in Oflag XI B Braunschweig, where he was in the senior camp. In April 1940 was transferred to Oflag II C Woldenberg, where he also took over the duties of the camp elder. He was in charge of the camp's underground organization, but in December 1941, due to his health condition, resigned from this function. Severely ill with Buerger's disease, he was placed in the POW hospital in Stargard, where both his legs were amputated. Nevertheless, the disease spread and he died in hospital on January 24, 1942. After his death, an academy was held in the oflag, and as a sign of mourning, all camp events were suspended for two days. He was buried at the International War Cemetery in Stargard. For his participation in the defensive war of 1939, he was posthumously awarded the Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari in 1967.
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Family Ignacy Misiąg was married to Maria Średnicka, with whom they had two sons: Marian Ignacy (born June 19, 1922) [n] and Jan Kazimierz (born March 4, 1926) and a daughter, Zofia Wanda (born January 22, 1926). 1925). All children were born in Włocławek.
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Bibliography Władysław Steblik: The "Kraków" Army 1939 . Warsaw: MON Publishing House, 1975 Bogusław Rusztecki, Col. Ignacy Misiąg, Polish Armed Forces. "Portrait photo of Col. Ignacy Misiąg". NAC collections on-line. Retrieved 2018-12-15. "The ceremony of blessing the boarding school at the Gimnazjum im. Jan Długosz in Włocławek (Colonel Ignacy Misiąg is sitting second from the right)". NAC collections on-line. 1930-10-04. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
