Leopold Okulicki

Leopold Okulicki
Okulicki in 1943
NicknamesKobra, Niedźwiadek
Born12 November 1898
Bratucice, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died24 December 1946 (aged 48)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Awards Order of Virtuti Militari (Gold Cross)
Order of Virtuti Militari (Silver Cross)
Cross of Valour
(4 times)
Cross of Merit with Swords (Gold)
Commander of the Legion of Merit (USA)

General Leopold Okulicki (noms de guerre Kobra, Niedźwiadek; 1898 – 1946) was a Polish Army Brigadier General and the last commander of the anti-Nazi underground Home Army during World War II and the German occupation of Poland (1939–1945).

After the war, he was arrested by the Soviet NKVD and died at Butyrka prison in Moscow.

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