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- Wojciech_Kania abstract "Wojciech Kania (b. (1912-04-01)April 1, 1912 in Łodygowice, d. May 5, 1991(1991-05-05) (aged 79) in Bielsko-Biała) – major of Polish Armed Forces in the West, promoted to the rank of podpułkownik after the war.Kania was a son of Józef and Katarzyna (née Duraj). In 1932 he graduated from gymnasium (now I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Mikołaja Kopernika w Bielsku-Białej) in Bielsko-Biała and joined the military service. He completed the Dywizyjny Kurs Podchorążych (division podchorąży course) while assigned to the 4 Pułk Strzelców Podhalańskich (4 PSP) in Cieszyn, and then joined the Szkoła Podchorążych Piechoty school. After graduating in 1935 he obtained the rank of podporucznik and was assigned to the 4 PSP.In September 1939, in the rank of porucznik, he commanded an anti-armor company of the 4 PSP. On 16 September he was captured after a battle fought near Dzikowo. After seven days of captivity he escaped from a train transport near Bieżanów and returned to his home region.In Łodygowice he engaged in underground activity of the ZWZ. On 13 January 1940 he tried to escape from the country crossing the border near the mountain of Pilsko but was captured by Slovakian police and sent back. In March, after the Easter, he tried to escape again. He managed to get to Budapest and acquire false identity documents there. Through Yugoslavia he got to Split and from there to Lebanon on board of the Greek ship Patris.In Syria he joined the Samodzielna Brygada Strzelców Karpackich which was later transferred to Tobruk, where he organised the anti-tank defence. During the inspection of general Władysław Sikorski in November 1941 he got promoted to the rank of kapitan. On 17 December 1941 he was severely injured in battle near Ain-el-Ghazala. In February 1942 he returned to active duty rewarded with the Military Cross and twice with a Cross of Valour (Krzyż Walecznych) for his actions. From September 1942 he was in command of anti-tank artillery division, first in the 1 Karpacki Pułk Artylerii Lekkiej and then in the 3 Karpacki Pułk Artylerii Przeciwpancernej. In Italy he took part in the battles of Monte Cassino, Pesaro, Ancona, Osimo, Gothic Line, Brisighella and Montefortino. For the Battle of Monte Cassino, he was awarded another Cross of Valour and, for the Montefortino battle, with the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari. In January 1945 he was promoted to the rank of major and took a position as second-in-command of the 8th Battalion of 3 Dywizja Strzelców Karpackich.After Germany's surrender he remained in service in Italy. In 1946 he was transferred to England and in 1947 he returned to Poland. He worked in Centralny Urząd Planowania and then, after having taken an administration course, in the PKPG. In 1950 he was released from duty; afterwards, he worked in a construction materials plant till retirement.He was a chairman of a local veterans' society. In 1967 he received a second Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari for the battles that took place in September 1939. In January 1981 he received the Officer's Cross of Order of Polonia Restituta (Order Odrodzenia Polski). During that time he was also promoted to the rank of podpułkownik. He died on 5 May 1991 and was buried at a cemetery in Bielsko-Biała with his wife Bronisława (née Rudomino-Dusiacka).".
- Wojciech_Kania allegiance "Polish Armed Forces in the West".
- Wojciech_Kania allegiance "Second Polish Republic".
- Wojciech_Kania battle Battle_of_Monte_Cassino.
- Wojciech_Kania battle Invasion_of_Poland.
- Wojciech_Kania battle Siege_of_Tobruk.
- Wojciech_Kania battle World_War_II.
- Wojciech_Kania birthDate "1912-04-01".
- Wojciech_Kania birthPlace Łodygowice.
- Wojciech_Kania birthYear "1912".
- Wojciech_Kania deathDate "1991-05-05".
- Wojciech_Kania deathPlace Bielsko-Biała.
- Wojciech_Kania deathYear "1991".
- Wojciech_Kania serviceEndYear "1950".
- Wojciech_Kania serviceStartYear "1932".
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- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageOutDegree "77".
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageRevisionID "595011949".
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- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink 3_Dywizja_Strzelców_Karpackich.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink 3_Karpacki_Pułk_Artylerii_Przeciwpancernej.
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- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Africa_Star.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Ain-el-Ghazala.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Anti-armor.
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- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Ancona.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Brisighella.
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- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Montefortino.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Osimo.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Pesaro.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Bielsko-Biała.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Bieżanów.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Budapest.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Captain_(armed_forces).
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Captain_(land).
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Category:1912_births.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Category:1991_deaths.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Category:Officers_of_the_Order_of_Polonia_Restituta.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Category:Polish_Army_officers.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Category:Polish_military_personnel_of_World_War_II.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Category:Recipients_of_the_Cross_of_Valour_(Poland)_three_times.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Category:Recipients_of_the_Military_Cross.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Category:Silver_Crosses_of_the_Virtuti_Militari.
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- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Cross_of_Valour_(Poland).
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Districts_of_Kraków.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Dzikowo.
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- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Invasion_of_Poland.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Italy_Star.
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- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Monte_Cassino_Commemorative_Cross.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Order_of_Polonia_Restituta.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Order_of_Virtuti_Militari.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink PKPG.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Pilsko.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Podchorąży.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Podpolkovnik.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Podporucznik.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Podpułkownik.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Polish_Armed_Forces_in_the_West.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Polish_Independent_Carpathian_Rifle_Brigade.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Poruchik.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Porucznik.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Samodzielna_Brygada_Strzelców_Karpackich.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Second_Polish_Republic.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink September_Campaign.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Siege_of_Tobruk.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Split,_Croatia.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Split_(city).
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Syria.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Szkoła_Podchorążych_Piechoty.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Tobruk.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Union_of_Armed_Struggle.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Virtuti_Militari.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Władysław_Sikorski.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Yugoslavia.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Związek_Walki_Zbrojnej.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Łodygowice.
- Wojciech_Kania wikiPageWikiLink Żywiec.
- Wojciech_Kania allegiance Second_Polish_Republic.
- Wojciech_Kania allegiance "Polish Armed Forces in the West".
- Wojciech_Kania battles World_War_II.
- Wojciech_Kania battles "Battle of Monte Cassino".
- Wojciech_Kania battles "September Campaign".
- Wojciech_Kania battles "Siege of Tobruk".
- Wojciech_Kania birthDate "1912-04-01".
- Wojciech_Kania birthPlace Łodygowice.
- Wojciech_Kania caption "Wojciech Kania c. 1947".