During the Polish-Soviet War of 1919–1921, Szeptycki commanded the Polish Northeast Front and the 4th Army. In 1919 he commanded Operation Minsk. He disagreed with the Polish Commander-in-Chief, Józef Piłsudski, which cost him his post, and joined the National Democratic opposition to Piłsudski. From June to December 1923 he was Minister of Military Affairs; during that time he challenged Piłsudski to a duel for a perceived slight (Piłsudski refused the challenge).
stanisław, szeptycki, stanisław, maria, teofil, szeptycki, november, 1867, october, 1950, polish, count, general, military, commander, count, general, born, 1867, november, 1867prylbychi, austria, hungarydied9, october, 1950, 1950, aged, korczyna, polandallegi. Stanislaw Maria Jan Teofil Szeptycki 1 3 November 1867 9 October 1950 was a Polish count general and military commander Stanislaw SzeptyckiCount General Stanislaw SzeptyckiBorn 1867 11 03 3 November 1867Prylbychi Austria HungaryDied9 October 1950 1950 10 09 aged 82 Korczyna PolandAllegiance Poland Austria HungaryRankGeneralBattles warsRusso Japanese WarWorld War IPolish Soviet WarSignatureSzeptycki serving as a military attache in Russian Manchuria during the Russo Japanese War 1904 5 Contents 1 Biography 2 Honours and awards 3 Further reading 4 ReferencesBiography editBorn in 1867 in Galicia Austria Hungary to the aristocratic Szeptycki family he was the grandson of Polish playwright Aleksander Fredro son of the count Jan Kanty Szeptycki and brother of Andrey Sheptytsky Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Stanislaw was a Catholic of the Latin rite his brother Andrey Andrzej was also initially a Catholic but over time he converted to Greek Catholicism Szeptycki joined the Austro Hungarian Army where he attained the rank of colonel In 1914 he joined the Polish Legions where he became commander of the Third Brigade and from November 1916 to April 1917 commander of the entire Polish Legions formation Following the Oath Crisis he commanded the German aligned Polnische Wehrmacht Until February 1918 he was Austro Hungarian governor general of Lublin but resigned in protest when Germany turned Chelm and the surrounding area over to the Ukrainians He joined the newly recreated Polish Armed Forces in November 1918 following the country s independence and replaced General Tadeusz Rozwadowski as Chief of the General Staff a post that he held until March 1919 During the Polish Soviet War of 1919 1921 Szeptycki commanded the Polish Northeast Front and the 4th Army In 1919 he commanded Operation Minsk He disagreed with the Polish Commander in Chief Jozef Pilsudski which cost him his post and joined the National Democratic opposition to Pilsudski From June to December 1923 he was Minister of Military Affairs during that time he challenged Pilsudski to a duel for a perceived slight Pilsudski refused the challenge After Pilsudski s May 1926 Coup d Etat Szeptycki was dismissed from active service After World War II from 1945 to 1950 he headed the Polish Red Cross Polski Czerwony Krzyz He died in Korczyna in 1950 Honours and awards editCommander s Cross of the Virtuti Militari also awarded the Silver Cross Commander s Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta Cross of Valour four times Cross of Liberty class II Estonia Order of Lacplesis 2nd class Latvia 2 Further reading editAndrzej Wojtaszak General Broni Stanislaw Szeptycki 1867 1950 University of Szczecin 2000 References edit Stanislaw Maria Jan hr Szeptycki z Przylbic h wl Sejm Wielki pl Retrieved 2019 11 03 Prieditis Erichs Eriks 1996 Latvijas Valsts apbalvojumi un Lacplesi in Latvian Riga Junda ISBN 9984 01 020 1 OCLC 38884671 nbsp This biographical article related to the military of Poland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stanislaw Szeptycki amp oldid 1175965472, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
