Zygmunt Janke, pseudonym "Walter" (21 February 1907 – 25 February 1990) was a Polish officer, historian and political activist. He was brigadier general of the Polish Armed Forces, soldier of the Union of Armed Struggle and Home Army, victim of Stalinist repressions, doctor of humanities and Knight of the Order of Virtuti Militari. In the years 1940-1943 he served as chief of staff of the Łódź District of the Union of Armed Struggle (since 1942 Home Army) and in the years 1943-1945 chief of staff and later commander of the Silesian District of the Home Army.
Zygmunt Janke, pseudonym "Walter" (21 February 1907 – 25 February 1990) was a Polish officer, historian and political activist. He was brigadier general of the Polish Armed Forces, soldier of the Union of Armed Struggle and Home Army, victim of Stalinist repressions, doctor of humanities and Knight of the Order of Virtuti Militari. In the years 1940-1943 he served as chief of staff of the Łódź District of the Union of Armed Struggle (since 1942 Home Army) and in the years 1943-1945 chief of staff and later commander of the Silesian District of the Home Army.
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Biography Janke was born on 21 February 1907 in the village of Chojny (currently a district of the city in the Łódź-Górna district). In 1927 he passed his high school leaving exams in Pabianice and in the same year joined the Polish Armed Forces. He graduated from the Infantry Cadet School in Ostrów Mazowiecka – Komorów and the Artillery Cadet School in Toruń. On 15 August 1930, the President of Poland Ignacy Mościcki appointed him a second lieutenant with seniority from 15 August 1930 and 22nd place in the corps of artillery officers, and the Minister of Military Affairs incorporated him into the 7th Greater Poland Horse Artillery Division in Poznań. He was a platoon commander, and then a battery commander. In 1937–1939, he was a student of the Higher Military School in Warsaw. He was promoted to the rank of captain with seniority from 19 March 1939 and 59th place in the corps of artillery officers. In the Invasion of Poland, he was an operational officer of the Kresowa Cavalry Brigade, and after the battles of Karczew he became the chief of staff. On 27 September 1939, near Medyka, he was captured by the Germans. After escaping from captivity…
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Rybka, Ryszard; Stepan, Kamil (2006). Rocznik oficerski 1939. Stan na dzień 23 marca 1939. Kraków: Fundacja CDCN. ISBN 9788371888991.