Zygmunt Bohusz Szyszko

Zygmunt Piotr Bohusz-Szyszko (1893 in Chełm – 1982 in London) was a Polish general. During World War I he served in the Imperial Russian army.

Contents

• Career
• Awards and decorations
• References

In 1940, he was Commanding Officer Polish Independent Highland Brigade (Samodzielna Brygada Strzelcow Podhalanskich) during the Battle of Narvik in the Norwegian campaign. The forces under his command succeeded in capturing the Ankenes peninsula during May 1940.

Career

-1931 Commanding Officer 58th Regiment

1931-1934 Commanding Border Defence Regiment Głębokie

1934-1938 Deputy General Officer Commanding Border Defence Corps

1938-1939 Commanding Officer Infantry 1st Division

1939 Commanding Officer Infantry 16th Division

1939-1940 Commanding Officer 1st Mountain Brigade, Norway

1941-1942 Head Polish Military Mission Moscow

1941-1943 Chief of Staff Polish Forces in Soviet Union

1942 General Officer Commanding 5th Division, Soviet Union

1943-1945 Deputy General Officer Commanding II Polish Corps, Italy

1945-1946 General Officer Commanding Army of the East

1945-1946 General Officer Commanding II Polish Corps, Italy

1976-1980 General Inspector of the Armed Forces

Awards and decorations

Wound Decoration — six times

Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari (also Silver Cross)

Officer's Cross of the Polonia Restituta

Cross of Valour — four times

Gold Cross of Merit with Swords — twice

Norwegian War Cross