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Jun 03, 1881 Grodno, Belarus Died on 08 Sep 1967 (aged 86)
Polish general
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About Juliusz Rómmel
- Juliusz Karol Wilhelm Józef Rómmel (German: Julius Karl Wilhelm Josef Freiherr von Rummel; 3 June 1881 – 8 September 1967) was a Polish military commander, a general of the Polish Army. He graduated from the Corps of Cadets in Pskov and the Military School of St.
- Petersburg.
- During World War I he served as a Tsarist army officer and fought in the 1st Artillery Brigade of the Russian Army.
- In 1917 he joined the Polish Army.
- During the Polish–Soviet War, he gained great fame for achieving a decisive victory in the Battle of Komarów, the largest cavalry engagement of the 20th century.
- A commander of two Polish armies during the Polish Defensive War of 1939, Rómmel was one of the most controversial of the generals to serve during that conflict.
- After the invasion he was captured by German troops and interned in a POW camp in Murnau.
- After the liberation by the Americans he returned to Poland to serve as Commander in Chief.
- After 1956 Rómmel worked in the Association of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy.
