Kazimierz Sosnkowski
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| Kazimierz Sosnkowski | |
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 General Sosnkowski in the 1930s |
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| Nickname | Baca, Godziemba, Józef |
| Place of birth | Warsaw |
| Place of death | Arundel, Canada |
| Years of service | 1914 |
| Rank | Generał broni |
| Other work | politician |
Kazimierz Sosnkowski (Warsaw, 1885 – 1969, Arundel, Canada) was a Polish independence fighter, politician and Polish Army general.
Sosnkowski served successively as founder and first commander of Związek Walki Czynnej (the Active Combat Association), chief of staff of the 1st Brigade of the Polish Legions, Polish minister of military affairs, vice-president of Poland, commander of the Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Association for Armed Struggle) resistance organization, and Inspector General of the Armed Forces (Polish Commander-in-Chief, 1943-44).
Sosnkowski, over his career, used a number of noms de guerre, including "Baca" (Polish mountaineer term for "shepherd"), "Godziemba" (the name of his herditary coat-of-arms), "Józef" (Polish for "Joseph"), "Ryszard" ("Richard"), "Szef" ("Chief").
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| Preceded by Władysław Sikorski |
General Inspector of the Armed Forces 1943–1944 |
Succeeded by Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski |
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