Major Henryk Sucharski

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Major Henryk Sucharski was a Polish army officer best known for commanding the heroic defense of the Westerplatte peninsula during the opening days of World War II.

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Major Henryk Sucharski canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Cross of Valour (Poland) ⓘ
Order of Polonia Restituta ⓘ
Virtuti Militari ⓘ
burialPlace Polish Military Cemetery of Casamassima ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
commanded Westerplatte garrison ⓘ
commemoratedBy schools named after Henryk Sucharski in Poland ⓘ
streets named after Henryk Sucharski in Poland ⓘ
conflict Battle of Westerplatte ⓘ
Invasion of Poland ⓘ
Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfBirth Austria-Hungary ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Poland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1898-11-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1946-08-30 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Poles ⓘ
familyName Sucharski ⓘ
givenName Henryk ⓘ
hasOccupation soldier ⓘ
hasRole defender of Westerplatte ⓘ
heldIn German prisoner-of-war camps ⓘ
languageSpoken Polish ⓘ
memorial monument at Westerplatte ⓘ
militaryBranch Polish Army ⓘ
militaryRank major ⓘ
nobleTitle none ⓘ
notableFor heroic defense of Westerplatte in September 1939 ⓘ
notableWork defense of Westerplatte ⓘ
partOf Second Polish Republic armed forces ⓘ
linked to: Polish Army
placeOfBirth Gręboszów ⓘ
placeOfDeath Neapol ⓘ
linked to: Naples
positionHeld commandant of the Military Transit Depot at Westerplatte ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
surrenderedOn 1939-09-07 ⓘ
wasPrisonerOfWar true ⓘ

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Westerplatte Monument in Gdańsk → dedicatedTo → Major Henryk Sucharski ⓘ