Wacław Lipiński, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wacław Lipiński

Polish amry officer and historian

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1896

Place of Birth: Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1949

Profession: military officer, historian

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Waclaw Lipinski (1896–1949) was a Polish historian, military officer and resistance fighter, lieutenant colonel in the Polish Army of the Second Polish Republic, recipient of Polish highest military decoration, the Order of Virtuti Militari. Lipinski fought in World War I, the Polish-Ukrainian War and the Polish-Soviet War and became involved with the intelligence service.
After the war he worked as an historian.
He retired from the army 9 months before the joint German-Russian invasions of Poland.
He was attached to the propaganda department during the siege of Warsaw, escaping with his family when the city fell. In 1942 he returned to Poland as a resistance leader and was arrested by the Nazis in 1944.
After the Russians overran Poland he led the anti-Soviet resistance.
Arrested by the communists in 1947 he died in prison 2 years later.