| 词条 | Marian Porwit |
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Marian Porwit (1895-1988) was a Polish military officer, a Colonel of the Polish Army and a military historian. A commander of one of the sections of the Polish front during the Siege of Warsaw of 1939, after the war he became one of the most renowned historians documenting the history of the Invasion of Poland.{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}} Born 25 September 1895 in Gorlice (then in Austro-Hungarian Galicia), following the outbreak of the Great War Porwit joined the Polish Legions, where he served with distinction. In 1918 he joined the re-established Polish Army and fought in the Polish-Bolshevik War. In 1926 during the May Coup he supported president Stanisław Wojciechowski and the legal government of Wincenty Witos. For this reason when Józef Piłsudski forced the government to resign, Porwit's military career slowed down until World War II. By 1939 he was promoted to the rank of colonel. Attached to the staff of General Walerian Czuma, Porwit became the commanding officer of the Western Area of the defense of Warsaw during the siege of 1939. The troops under his command defended the westernmost approach towards the city center from 8 to 28 September before collapsing. Taken prisoner of war by Nazi Germany, Porwit spent the remainder of World War II in POW camps. Liberated in 1945, he moved to London, where he became a member of the Sikorski Institute. However, in 1946 he decided to return to Poland. He settled in Warsaw, where he continued his historical career. He died on 26 April 1988 in Warsaw. Porwit's son, Krzysztof Porwit, became an economist. Awards
17 : 1895 births|1988 deaths|People from Gorlice|People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria|Polish Austro-Hungarians|Polish Army officers|Polish historians|20th-century historians|Sokół members|Polish legionnaires (World War I)|Polnische Wehrmacht personnel|Polish people of the Polish–Soviet War|People of the Polish May Coup (pro-government side)|Polish military personnel of World War II|Polish prisoners of war|World War II prisoners of war held by Germany|Recipients of the Medal of Bravery (Hungary) |
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