Władysław Sikorski
Born on May 20, 1881 in Tuszów Narodowy. He graduated from the Lviv Polytechnic, and then in the years 1904-1905 he served in the Austro-Hungarian army. Then he joined the Polish Socialist Party and formed the underground Union of Active Struggle and the Rifle Union. During World War I, he served in the Austrian army, but in 1918 his unit moved to the Russian side and joined the formation of Józef Haller. After regaining independence, he organized relief for Lviv, which was defending itself against the Ukrainians.
During the Polish-Bolshevik war, he participated in the Kiev expedition, the Battle of Warsaw and in the battles around Zamość. During the Battle of Warsaw, he commanded the 5th Army entering the contribution of the Northern Front. Her combat effort was crucial to the Victory of August 1920.
Soon after the Polish-Bolshevik war, Władysław Sikorski became prime minister, but very quickly found himself outside the mainstream of politics. During World War II, he was the Prime Minister of the Polish Government-in-Exile and the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. He died in 1943 in a plane crash in Gibraltar. The unexplained circumstances of his death still arouse controversy.