Historical calendar: anniversary of the killing of communist general Karol Świerczewkeigo in the UPA ambush under the Jabłonków close Baligrod.
Today in our calendar we will look at the life and activities of this man.
Karol Świerczewski was born on 10 February 1897 in the mediocre Warsaw working household of Karol and Antonina from the home of Jędrzejewski. He attended local general school, but did not graduate.
In 1912 his father died, so he had to take a occupation to support himself, his parent and younger siblings. He became an assistant to the turning device at Kobylanski-Gerlach metallic plants. At the same time he finished his crafts school in the evening. The misfortune that caused him was that he supported the communist movement, which preached the slogan of improving the existence of specified people as him. He most likely joined SDKPiL. Even before the outbreak of planet War I, he was promoted to an independent rolling position.
After the start of armed action, as a qualified employee, he was evacuated to the reinforcement facilities in Kazan and then Moscow. As a consequence of massive losses, he was incorporated into the Tsar army and sent to the front. In the fall of 1917, he stayed in Moscow and co-founded the Workers' and Soldier's Council there. Following the outbreak of the October Revolution, he powered a Red defender militia from which the Red Army later emerged. He joined WCP(b) and became a political officer, and then a company and infantry battalion commander.
He participated in battles on the confederate front, where he fought troops of “white” generals and pacified the incorruptible population of Ukraine. In 1920, he was transferred to the Western Front at his own request. He wanted to have a individual part in the crushing of the reborn Poland. During the offensive on Warsaw he was badly wounded in the head and barely escaped with his life. He returned to Moscow, where he completed officer training and then served as a lecturer in the military school named Red Communists.
In 1924 he was educated at the Mikhail Frunze Military Academy. After finishing it, he worked for the Red Army General Staff. He besides served in the Polish section of Komintern. As part of the global School of Lenin, he taught diversions and future red administrators of the People's Poland, specified as Władysław Gomulka. In 1928 he was recruited to work in a russian GRU interview. Over time, he was promoted to Colonel and General. He was a ladies' man, and like another Red Army officers, he was notoriously abusing alcohol.
In 1936, Stalin sent him to a civilian war in Spain where he served as commander of the XIV. global Brigade supporting the left-liberal Republican government. He carried out intelligence tasks for Moscow and fought with Francisco Franco's forces, including Saragossa. He gained the nickname “Walter” which came from the model weapon he liked most. He gave orders to shoot the prisoners of war, as well as his own soldiers he considered cowards and traitors.
He covered himself with the bad fame of a violent and unopposed man. The field commander was not the best either due to the fact that he did not consider human losses, but alternatively of decently preparing for the fight, he preferred to look into the glass. Nevertheless, in the spring of 1938 he returned to Moscow in glory and received the highest honour: the Order of the Red Flag and the Order of Lenin. He did not escape arrest during Stalin’s purge, but he managed to preserve his life.
Since 1940, he taught at the Frunze Academy. After the German invasion of the ZSRS he fought on the central section of the front. The 248th firearm Division that he commanded was decimated in the battles between Wjaźma and Moscow. due to his inability and alcoholism, he was withdrawn to train the reserves. Since mid-1943, he participated in the formation of the Polish army alongside Soviets. He was promoted to Major General. He entered the Central Bureau of Polish Communists and then the National Council.
He argued with Zygmunt Berling, who was deputy commander of the Polish Army in the USSR. In the second half of 1944, he organized the 2nd Army of the Polish Army and headed it. Although he wore Polish uniform and surname, he introduced purely russian methods in the army. He ruthlessly dealt with people accused of belonging to the AK and another non-communist underground structures. He approved 39 death sentences for political crimes. That's how he became 1 of the forensic killers.
In September 1944, he entered the KC PPR. In the spring of 1945 he went to the front and fought Germany over Nysa Lusatia. erstwhile again, he was a bad strategist. He was in charge erstwhile he was drunk, and he led to tremendous losses for his subjects. As if there was small blame for his failures, he blamed the subordinates and signed a series of death sentences for alleged insubordination. Despite his disaster, he was promoted to Lieutenant General in May 1945.
Just after the war ended, he took on the post of general inspector of military settlement on recovered lands. As of September 1945, he was commander of the Military territory of Poznań. In 1946, he was appointed Deputy Minister of National Defence. He was besides a associate of Parliament. In his ministerial position, he was again liable for the persecution of persons associated with the independency underground. Sitting on the Sejm's military commission, he denied the right of grace to sentenced AK soldiers to death.
He was widely hated, mostly by average soldiers who remembered his brutality and inability. In advanced positions he was kept back in Moscow, which he was boundlessly faithful to and obeyed all her commands.
In late March 1947, Świerczewski set out in Bieszczady to inspect the WP and WOP units there. On 28 March, he was killed during an ambush by the combined UPA “Chrina” and “Stacha” under the Jabłonków. It is besides possible that he was killed by his own soldiers who utilized the minute of combat to execute the hated general.
He was buried in Powązki, Warsaw. During the Polish People's Republic it was presented as a model for Poles. He was named after a number of streets, schools, social organizations, and workplaces.
Karol Świerczewski was a Pole who completely sold out to Marxist ideology and russian lifestyle. He was promoted to the next posts thanks to the loyalty of the party, not for real skills and achievements. As a military commander, he proved highly inept. He made up for his skills with individual courage and brutality toward his subordinates.
In 1920, he actively fought against independent Poland. He then trained Communist staff to take over. He was a ruthless murderer of patriots fighting for independency and a supporter of the Sovietization of the Polish army. Human life meant nothing to him. He led to immense losses of Polish units in the Lusatia operation. He frequently approved death sentences after alcohol libations.
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