Mitkiewicz, Leon

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Leon Mitkiewicz was a military and diplomatic official in World War I and World War II.

From the description of Leon Mitkiewicz papers, 1943-1965 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702167587

Colonel Mitkiewicz was chief of the Polish Military Mission to the United States during World War II.

From the description of Leon Mitkiewicz Manuscript, ca. 1950. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 320409842

Colonel and chief of intelligence, Polish Army; military attaché to Lithuania; Polish representative, Allied Combined Chiefs of Staff, 1943-1945.

From the description of Leon Mitkiewicz papers, 1918-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869133

Biographical Note

  • 1896: Born, Zambrow, Poland
  • 1914 - 1917 : Cavalry officer, Russian Army
  • 1918 - 1921 : 2nd Legion Infantry Division
  • 1921: General Staff, 2nd Lancers Regiment
  • 1925: General Staff Academy graduate
  • 1925 - 1935 : War Academy lecturer, Field service
  • 1935 - 1938 : Chief of Staff Army Inspectorate
  • 1938 - 1939 : Military attaché, Kaunas, Lithuania
  • 1940 - 1941 : General Staff member Chief of Second Intelligence Bureau
  • 1943: Deputy Commander, 1st Army Division
  • 1943 - 1945 : Polish Military Mission, Combined Chiefs of Staff, Washington
  • 1972: Died, New York

From the guide to the Leon Mitkiewicz papers, 1918-1969, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)

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creatorOf Mitkiewicz, Leon, 1896-. Leon Mitkiewicz papers, 1943-1965 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Mitkiewicz, Leon. Leon Mitkiewicz Manuscript, ca. 1950. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Leon Mitkiewicz papers, 1918-1969 Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
referencedIn Microform collection, [ca. 1907]-1987. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Mitkiewicz, Leon. Leon Mitkiewicz papers, 1918-1969. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
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associatedWith Poland. Armia. Kawaleria. corporateBody
associatedWith Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America. corporateBody
associatedWith Sikorski, Władysław, 1881-1943. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Soviet Union.
Warsaw (Poland)
Baltic States
Czechoslovakia.
Poland.
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Lithuania
Baltic States.
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union
Poland
Warsaw (Poland)
Poland
Subject
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
Occupation
Diplomats
Activity

Person

Birth 1896-02-20

Death 1972-12-12

Poles

Polish,

English

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