The New Voice of Ukraine: Poland’s Sikorski wants Ukrainian combat veterans in new European force
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Władysław Sikorski
Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski was a Polish military and political leader. Before World War I, Sikorski established and participated in several underground organizations that promoted the cause of Polish independence. He fought with distinction in the Polish Legions during World War I, and later in the newly created Polish Army during the Polish–Soviet War of 1919–1921. In the latter war, he played…
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politics · Polish military and political leader (1881–1943) · politician · military personnel · head of government · also Władysław Sikorski, Wladyslaw Sikorski, Sikorski
Born 20 May 1881 · Died 4 July 1943 · Q153132
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2026· 5 entries
Informat.ro: Radosław Sikorski, the Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, supports European military integration through the creation of a European Legion, warning about Russian threats.
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LIGA.net: Poland has been added to the European Starlink zone. Sikorski thanked Musk for eliminating discrimination
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Головне в Україні: Sikorski threatened Musk with reconsidering Starlink payments over restrictions for Poland
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АНТИКОР: Poland threatened to stop paying for Starlink for Ukraine: Sikorski appealed to Musk • ANTIKOR portal
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2025· 1 entry
Filmweb: Władysław Sikorski gdzie obejrzeć online
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2013· 1 entry
The investigation ended, with the Institute of National Remembrance concluding that deliberate tampering to the aircraft could be neither confirmed nor ruled out
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2008· 1 entry
Sikorski was exhumed and his remains were examined by Polish scientists, who in 2009 concluded that he died due to injuries consistent with an air crash and that there was no evidence that Sikorski was murdered, ruling o
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2003· 1 entry
The Polish parliament (Sejm) declared the year (60th anniversary of Sikorski's death) to be the "Year of General Sikorski"
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1997· 1 entry
No conclusive evidence of any wrongdoing has been found, and Sikorski's official cause of death is listed as an accident
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1995· 1 entry
Sikorski became the patron of the newly formed Polish 9th Mechanized Brigade
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1990· 1 entry
When Lech Wałęsa became the first post-communist president of Poland
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1983· 1 entry
A movie, Katastrofa w Gibraltarze by Bohdan Poręba, was made
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1981· 2 entries
Commemorative events were held on the Rzeszów Voivodeship, including an academic conference, and revealing of plaques in Nisko and Leżajsk
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A commemorative plaque was revealed at Hotel Rubens in London, where during the war Polish Military Headquarters, including Sikorski's office, were located
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1945· 1 entry
Poland had been relegated to the Soviet sphere of influence – an abandonment of the Polish Government-in-Exile that led to the rise of the Western-betrayal concept
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1943· 3 entries
Died 1943-07-04.
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The fragile relations between the Soviet Union and the Polish government-in-exile finally reached their breaking point when, on 13 April, the Germans announced via the Katyn Commission the discovery of the bodies of 20,0
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As Modern Warfare: Its Character, Its Problems), in which he predicted the return of maneuver warfare
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1940· 1 entry
The Polish Highland Brigade took part in the Battle of Narvik in Norway, and two Polish divisions participated in the defense of France, while a Polish motorized brigade and two infantry divisions were in process of form
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1939· 3 entries
Career landmark: General Inspector of the Armed Forces (1939–1943).
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And of their joint attack on Poland, in secret consultations with Roosevelt he admitted that Poland would have to make some concessions to appease the powerful Soviets
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Poland (1939–1943).
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1935· 1 entry
Was still marginalized, politically and militarily, by Piłsudski's successors
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1928· 1 entry
Was relieved by Piłsudski of his command, and while he remained on active service, he received no other posting
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1922· 2 entries
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Poland (1922–1923).
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“Opis: ocena kwalifikacji generałów Wojska Polskiego sporządzona niedługo po zabójstwie prezydenta Narutowicza w grudniu 1922.”
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1918· 2 entries
The Russian, Austro-Hungarian and German empires collapsed, and Poland once again became independent, but the borders of the Second Polish Republic were not fully determined and were unstable
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However, following the February Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and the battle of Rarańcza, Sikorski chose belatedly to side with Piłsudski, announcing solidarity with his actions, protesting against the planned separation of Ch
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1916· 1 entry
Piłsudski actively campaigned to have the Military Department of NKN disbanded
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1910· 1 entry
Likewise in Lwów, Sikorski helped to organize a Riflemen's Association (the Związek Strzelecki), became the president of its Lwów chapter, and became responsible for the military arm within the Commission of Confederated
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1909· 1 entry
Married Helena Zubczewska, whom he met while at the high school in Lwów
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1908· 1 entry
In Lwów, Sikorski—together with Józef Piłsudski, Marian Kukiel, Walery Sławek, Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Witold Jodko-Narkiewicz and Henryk Minkiewicz—organized the secret Union for Active Struggle (Związek Walki Czynnej), w
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1906· 1 entry
Sikorski volunteered for a year's service in the Austro-Hungarian army and attended the Austrian Military School, obtaining an officer's diploma and becoming an army reserve second lieutenant (podporucznik rezerwy)
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1899· 1 entry
Attended the Lwów Franciszek Józef Gymnasium, and in 1902 he passed his final high school exam there
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1881· 1 entry
Born 1881-05-20.
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