Wincenty Kowalski | |
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Executive Director of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America | |
In office 1956–1963 | |
Preceded by | Damian Stanisław Wandycz |
Succeeded by | Wacław Jędrzejewicz |
Personal details | |
Born | 11 September 1892 Warsaw, Congress Poland |
Died | 29 November 1984 River Forest, Illinois | (aged 92)
Nationality | Polish-American |
Wincenty Kowalski (1892–1984) was a Polish military commander and a general of the Polish Army. A veteran of both World War I and World War II, he fought in all the inter-war conflicts of Poland. During the Invasion of Poland of 1939 he commanded the Polish 1st Legions Infantry Division.