Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko | |
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Born | Chełm, Lublin Governorate, Vistula Land, Russian Empire | 19 January 1893
Died | 20 June 1982 London, United Kingdom | (aged 89)
Allegiance | Russian Empire Poland Polish government-in-exile |
Rank | Divisional general |
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.
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.