Stanisław Sosabowski

Brigadier General

Stanisław Sosabowski

CBE
Brigadier General; Stanisław Sosabowski; CBE
Born	8 May 1892; Stanislau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary; (now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine)
Died	25 September 1967 (aged 75); Hillingdon, London, England
Buried	Powązki Military Cemetery, Warsaw
Allegiance	Austro–Hungarian Empire (1913–1918); Second Polish Republic (1918–1946);
Branch	Austro-Hungarian Army; Polish Land Forces;
Service years	1913–1946
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands	21st Infantry Regiment; 1st Independent Parachute Brigade;
Conflicts	World War I; Polish-Soviet War; World War II (Invasion of Poland, Battle of Mława, Battle of Arnhem);
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Virtuti Militari; Dutch Bronze Lion

Stanisław Franciszek Sosabowski CBE (Polish pronunciation: [staˈɲiswaf sɔsaˈbɔfskʲi]; 8 May 1892 – 25 September 1967) was a Polish general in World War II. He fought in the Polish Campaign of 1939 and at the Battle of Arnhem (Netherlands), as a part of Operation Market Garden, in 1944 as commander of the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade.