LEOPOLD OKULICKI
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General 'Leopold Okulicki' (noms de guerre ''Kobra'', ''Niedźwiadek''; 1898-1946) was a General of the Polish Army and the last commander of the anti-German underground Home Army during the World War II. He was murdered after the war by the Soviet NKVD, the forerunner to the KGB.
Leopold Okulicki was born November 12, 1898 in Bratucice near Bochnia in the Austrian section of partitioned Poland ("Galicia"). His exact date of birth is unknown as the birth record was not preserved in Polish archives and Okulicki himself used two dates: November 11th and November 13th. In 1910 he joined a local gymnasium and since 1913 he was also an active member of the ZwiÄ…zek Strzelecki. The following year at the age of 16, after finishing basic military training, he passed his NCO exams. After the outbreak of World War I, in October of 1915, he left the school and volunteered for the Polish Legions, where he served with distinction in the 3rd Legions Infantry Regiment.
He remained in the Polish Army and fought in various units both during the Great War and the following Polish-Bolshevik War. In the interwar period he remained in the army and in 1925 graduated from the prestigious Warsaw Military Academy. Afterwards he took a post in
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Early Life
Leopold Okulicki
Leopold Okulicki was born November 12, 1898 in Bratucice near Bochnia in the Austrian section of partitioned Poland ("Galicia"). His exact date of birth is unknown as the birth record was not preserved in Polish archives and Okulicki himself used two dates: November 11th and November 13th. In 1910 he joined a local gymnasium and since 1913 he was also an active member of the ZwiÄ…zek Strzelecki. The following year at the age of 16, after finishing basic military training, he passed his NCO exams. After the outbreak of World War I, in October of 1915, he left the school and volunteered for the Polish Legions, where he served with distinction in the 3rd Legions Infantry Regiment.
He remained in the Polish Army and fought in various units both during the Great War and the following Polish-Bolshevik War. In the interwar period he remained in the army and in 1925 graduated from the prestigious Warsaw Military Academy. Afterwards he took a post in
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