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Gen. Stanislaw Wladyslaw Maczek (March 31, 1892-December 11, 1994 was the last Commander of the First Polish Army Corps under Allied Command, and who previously led the famous First Polish Armored Division.

Maczek served in World War I, as an officer of the Austrian Army who fought on the Italian front in 1914. Following the outbreak of World War I, Polish units were organized around the cities of Krakow and Lwow, and young Maczek volunteered his services to the reborn units of the Polish Army.

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