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Jerzy Maria Kirchmayer (29 August 1895 – 11 April 1959) was a Polish historian and military commander, a brigadier general of the Polish Army and one of the first historians of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.
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Jerzy Maria Kirchmayer (29 August 1895 – 11 April 1959) was a Polish historian and military commander, a brigadier general of the Polish Army and one of the first historians of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.
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Biography Son of Kazimierz, a lawyer, and Wanda Matłaczyńska. He finished primary school in Lviv, and in 1914 graduated from the Jesuit Fathers' Scientific and Educational Institute in Chyrów, where he received his high school diploma. In 1914, he was arrested in the Kingdom of Poland by the Russian authorities and deported deep into Russia. In 1918, he joined the light brigade of the III Polish Corps, which was being organized in Ukraine. After returning to Poland, he volunteered for the Polish Army. On December 29, 1918, he began serving in the 7th Field Artillery Regiment and took part in the Polish-Soviet War. After the war, he remained in the army. He graduated from the School of Artillery Cadets in Poznań in 1921, and from the Artillery Training Centre in Toruń in 1924. In the years 1921–1930 he served in lower command positions in the 3rd Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 16th Field Artillery Regiment, with a two-year break (1924–1926), when he served in the Artillery Office of the French Military Mission. From 15 October to 15 December 1930 he took a Trial Course at the Higher Military School for Officers and then was called up as candidate for the…
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Major (Major) - 1 January 1936 Podpułkownik (Lieutenant colonel) - 11 November 1942
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Pułkownik (Colonel) - 1945 Generał brygady (Brigadier general) - 22 July 1947
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Awards and decorations Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 3rd Class (1945)
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Works Jerzy Kirchmayer (1946). Geneza Powstania Warszawskiego. Łódź: Czytelnik. p. 30. Jerzy Kirchmayer (1946). Kampania Wrześniowa. Warsaw: Czytelnik. p. 270. Jerzy Kirchmayer (1958). Na marginesie londyńskiego wydania "Polskie Siły Zbrojne w II wojnie świetowej". Uwagi i polemiki. Warsaw: Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej (MON). p. 165. Jerzy Kirchmayer (1959). 1939 i 1944. Kilka zagadnień polskich. Warsaw: Książka i Wiedza. p. 207. Jerzy Kirchmayer (1965). Pamiętniki. Warsaw: Książka i Wiedza. p. 607. Jerzy Kirchmayer (1971). W kraju i na obczyźnie. Warsaw: Książka i Wiedza. p. 381. Jerzy Kirchmayer (1978). Powstanie warszawskie. Warsaw: Książka i Wiedza. p. 576. ISBN 83-05-11080-X.