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Ottokar Wincenty Brzoza-Brzezina (3 March 1883 – 30 August 1968) was a Polish brigadier general of Czech origin who was notable for his service in the Battle of Krzywopłoty during the First World War.
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Ottokar Wincenty Brzoza-Brzezina (3 March 1883 – 30 August 1968) was a Polish brigadier general of Czech origin who was notable for his service in the Battle of Krzywopłoty during the First World War.
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Biography Brzoza-Brzezina completed four classes of grammar school and then one year of the Higher Industrial School in Pilzno. He entered the Artillery Cadet School in Wiener Neustadt, which he graduated in August 1903, and was incorporated into the C. & K. 31st division artillery regiment in Stanisławów, which in 1908 was renamed the C. & K. 31 field gun regiments. In 1909 he was transferred to the reserve and assigned in reserve to the 31st field gun regiment. In 1911 he joined the Union of Active Struggle, and then the Riflemen's Association, where he was the commander of the city of Stanisławów. After the outbreak of World War I and from August 1914 he served in the Polish Legions. He participated, inter alia, in the Battle of Krzywopłoty, where he became famous for the effective fire of the only artillery battery he commanded. Until March 1917, he was the organizer and commander of the 1st Artillery Regiment, and until July 1917 he was the battery and squadron commander in the 1st and 2nd field cannons regiment. After the Oath Crisis, he was incorporated into the Austrian army and became the commander of the backup battery in the 1st and…
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Second lieutenant – 1 November 1905 Lieutenant – with seniority on 1 May 1911 Captain – 1914 (in the middle and near the army, the captain of the reserve with seniority from 1 September 1915)
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Colonel – 1920 Brigadier General – 1969 (posthumously, appointed on 15 February by the President of the Republic of Poland-in-Exile August Zaleski)
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Virtuti Militari, Knights Cross (1970, posthumously) Virtuti Militari, Gold Cross (Award no. 199 for World War II) Virtuti Militari, Silver Cross (No. 13976 for World War II and No. 7502 – for the Polish–Soviet War) Cross of Valour (Awarded Four times, first cross awarded in 1921)
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Bibliography Tadeusz Kryska-Karski and Stanisław Żurakowski, Generals of Independent Poland, Editions Meetings, Warsaw 1991, publ. II supplement and corrected. Tadeusz Jurga: Defense of Poland 1939. Warsaw: PAX Publishing Institute, 1990, pp. 754–755. ISBN 83-211-1096-7.