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Polish general and politician

Zygmunt Henryk Berling (27 April 1896 – 11 July 1980) was a Polish general and politician. He fought for the independence of Poland in the early 20th century.

Berling was a co-founder and commander of the First Polish Army, which fought on the Eastern Front of World War II.

Military career before World War II

Zygmunt Berling was born in Limanowa, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, on 27 April 1896.^[1] He joined the Polish Legions of Józef Piłsudski in 1914, serving in the 2nd and 4th Legions Infantry Regiment (Pułk Piechoty Legionów).

Between the "oath crisis" of June 1917 and October 1918 he served in the Austro-Hungarian Army.

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At the end of the World War I he joined the reborn Polish Army, becoming the commander of an infantry company in the 4th Infantry Regiment. During the Polish–Soviet War, he gained fame as an able commander during the Battle of Lwów and received the Virtuti Militari medal.

After the