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Józef Rudolf Kustroń (16 October 1892 – 16 September 1939) was a brigadier general of the Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic, commandant of the 21st Mountain Infantry Division.[1]

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  1. 45 relations: Austro-Hungarian Army, Białystok, Bielsko-Biała, Brigadier general, Captain (armed forces), Cross of Independence, Cross of Merit (Poland), Cross of Valour (Poland), Grudziądz, Independent Operational Group Silesia, Invasion of Poland, Jagiellonian University, Józef Piłsudski, Kraków, Kraków Army, Leszno, Lieutenant (Poland), Lublin, Lviv, May Coup (Poland), Nowy Sącz, Oath crisis, Oleszyce, Order of Polonia Restituta, Order of the Crown of Romania, Order of the White Eagle (Poland), Paramilitary, Partitions of Poland, Polish Land Forces, Polish Legions in World War I, Polish Military Organisation, Polish–Soviet War, Riflemen's Association, Second Polish Republic, Stryi, Trans-Olza, Ułazów, Virtuti Militari, Volhynia, Warsaw, Wehrmacht, Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, World War I, 16th Mechanised Division (Poland), 21st Mountain Infantry Division (Poland).

  2. Association of the Polish Youth "Zet" members
  3. Knights of the Virtuti Militari
  4. Officers of the Order of the Crown (Romania)
  5. People from Stryi

Austro-Hungarian Army

The Austro-Hungarian Army, also known as the Imperial and Royal Army,lit; lit was the principal ground force of Austria-Hungary from 1867 to 1918.

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Białystok

Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship.

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Bielsko-Biała

Bielsko-Biała (Bílsko-Bělá; Bielitz-Biala, Biylsko-Biołŏ; Byłc-Bejł) is a city in southern Poland, with a population of approximately 166,765 as of December 2022, making it the 22nd largest city in Poland, and an area of.

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Captain (armed forces)

The army rank of captain (from the French capitaine) is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers.

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Cross of Independence

Cross of Independence (Krzyż Niepodległości) was the second highest Polish military decoration between World Wars I and II. Józef Kustroń and Cross of Independence are Recipients of the Cross of Independence.

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Cross of Merit (Poland)

The Cross of Merit is a Polish civil state decoration established on 23 June 1923, to recognize services to the state.

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Cross of Valour (Poland)

The Cross of Valour (Krzyż Walecznych) is a Polish military decoration. Józef Kustroń and Cross of Valour (Poland) are Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland).

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Grudziądz

Grudziądz (Graudentum, Graudentium, Graudenz) is a city in northern Poland, with 92,552 inhabitants (2021).

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Independent Operational Group Silesia

Independent Operational Group Silesia (Polish: Samodzielna Grupa Operacyjna Śląsk, SGO Śląsk) was an Operational Group of the Polish Army, created in September 1938 to annex Trans-Olza (Zaolzie) from Czechoslovakia.

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Invasion of Poland

The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II.

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Jagiellonian University

The Jagiellonian University (UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland.

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Józef Piłsudski

Józef Klemens Piłsudski (5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland (from 1920). Józef Kustroń and Józef Piłsudski are Polish Military Organisation members, Polish generals, Polish legionnaires (World War I), Polish people of World War I, Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland), Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) and Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland).

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Kraków

(), also spelled as Cracow or Krakow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland.

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Kraków Army

Kraków Army (Armia Kraków) was one of the Polish armies which took part in the Polish Defensive War of 1939.

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Leszno

Leszno is a historic city in western Poland, seat of Leszno County within the Greater Poland Voivodeship.

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Lieutenant (Poland)

Porucznik (Por.) is a rank of the Polish Army, roughly equivalent to the military rank of the First Lieutenant in the armed forces of other countries.

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Lublin

Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland.

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Lviv

Lviv (Львів; see below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the sixth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine.

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May Coup (Poland)

The May Coup (przewrót majowy or zamach majowy) was a coup d'état carried out in Poland by Marshal Józef Piłsudski from 12 to 14 May 1926.

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Nowy Sącz

Nowy Sącz (Újszandec; Tsanz; Nový Sonč; Neu Sandez) is a city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland.

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Oath crisis

The Oath crisis (Kryzys przysięgowy; German: Eidkrise) was a World War I political conflict between the Imperial German Army command and the Józef Piłsudski-led Polish Legions.

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Oleszyce

Oleszyce (Олешичі, Oleshychi) is a small town in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,089 inhabitants (02.06.2009).

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Order of Polonia Restituta

The Order of Polonia Restituta (Order Odrodzenia Polski, Order of Restored Poland) is a Polish state order established 4 February 1921.

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Order of the Crown of Romania

The Order of the Crown of Romania is a chivalric order set up on 14 March 1881 by King Carol I of Romania to commemorate the establishment of the Kingdom of Romania.

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Order of the White Eagle (Poland)

The Order of the White Eagle (Order Orła Białego) is the highest order of merit of the Republic of Poland and one of the oldest distinctions in the world still in use.

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Paramilitary

A paramilitary is a military that is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces.

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Partitions of Poland

The Partitions of Poland were three partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that took place toward the end of the 18th century and ended the existence of the state, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland and Lithuania for 123 years.

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Polish Land Forces

The Land Forces are the land forces of the Polish Armed Forces.

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Polish Legions in World War I

The Polish Legions (Legiony Polskie) was a name of the Polish military force (the first active Polish army in generations) established in August 1914 in Galicia soon after World War I erupted between the opposing alliances of the Triple Entente on one side (comprising the British Empire, the French Republic and the Russian Empire) and the Central Powers on the other side, comprising the German Empire and Austria-Hungary.

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Polish Military Organisation

The Polish Military Organisation, PMO (Polska Organizacja Wojskowa, POW) was a secret military organization that was formed during World War I (1914–1918).

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Polish–Soviet War

The Polish–Soviet War (late autumn 1918 / 14 February 1919 – 18 March 1921) was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic before it became a union republic in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution, on territories which were previously held by the Russian Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy following the Partitions of Poland.

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Riflemen's Association

The Polish Riflemen's Association, known as Związek Strzelecki (or more commonly, in the plural form as Związki Strzeleckie) formed in great numbers prior to World War I. One of the better known associations the "Strzelec" ('Rifleman'), was a Polish paramilitary cultural and educational organization created in 1910 in Lwów as a legal front of the Związek Walki Czynnej (ZWC - Union of Active Struggle).

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Second Polish Republic

The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939.

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Stryi

Stryi (Стрий,; Stryj) is a city in Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine.

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Trans-Olza

Trans-Olza (Zaolzie,; Záolží, Záolší; Olsa-Gebiet), also known as Trans-Olza Silesia (Śląsk Zaolziański), is a territory in the Czech Republic, which was disputed between Poland and Czechoslovakia during the Interwar Period.

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Ułazów

Ułazów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stary Dzików, within Lubaczów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.

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Virtuti Militari

The War Order of Virtuti Militari (Latin: "For Military Virtue", Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari) is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war.

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Volhynia

Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) (Volynʹ, Wołyń, Volynʹ) is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between southeastern Poland, southwestern Belarus, and western Ukraine.

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Warsaw

Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland.

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Wehrmacht

The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.

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Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig

Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig (25 July 1888 – 10 September 1939) was a German general in the Waffen-SS who participated in the invasion of Poland.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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16th Mechanised Division (Poland)

The 16th Pomeranian Infantry Division (16.) is a military unit of the Polish Army.

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21st Mountain Infantry Division (Poland)

The 21st Mountain Infantry Division (21 DPG) was a pre-war unit of the Polish Army.

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See also

Association of the Polish Youth "Zet" members

Knights of the Virtuti Militari

Officers of the Order of the Crown (Romania)

People from Stryi

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Józef_Kustroń

Also known as Jozef Kustron.