serviceyears branch death_date death_place units birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1903 - 1947 polish army 08 september 1967 warsaw , poland polish army warszawa army 1st legions infantry division 1st cavalry division Łódź grodno poland world war i russian civil war polish-bolshevik war 03 june 1881 major general j. rómmel.jpg juliusz rómmel
 general '' ` juliusz rómmel '' '
juliusz rómmel

juliusz rómmel -lrb- born in grodno - died in warsaw -rrb- was a polish military commander , a general of the polish army and a member of the civil rights movement .
he graduated from the corps of cadets in pskov and the military school of st. petersburg .
during world war i he served as a tsarist army officer and fought in the 1st artillery brigade of the russian army .
in 1917 he joined the polish army .
during the polish-bolshevik war , he gained great fame for achieving a decisive victory in the battle of komarów , the largest cavalry engagement of the 20th century .
a commander of two polish armies during the polish defensive war of 1939 , rómmel was one of the most controversial of the generals to serve during that conflict .
after the invasion he was captured by german troops and interned in a pow camp in murnau .
after the liberation by the americans he returned to poland to serve as commander in chief .
after 1956 rómmel worked in the association of fighters for freedom and democracy .
he was a distant relative of the future german field marshal erwin rommel .
