Tadeusz Kasprzycki was a member of the Polish Legions in First World War, general

General

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 of the Polish Army from 1929 and Minister of Military Affairs of Poland from 1935 to 1939.

In 1939 he signed the Franco-Polish Military Alliance

Franco-Polish Military Alliance

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. Later, he was interned in Romania

Romania

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 after the evacuation of the Polish government following Nazi Germany

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's invasion of Poland

Invasion of Poland (1939)

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. He emigrated to Canada

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 after the end of the Second World War

World War II

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Honours and awards

• Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari
• Cross of Independence
  Cross of Independence
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• Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
• Cross of Valour - three times
• Gold Cross of Merit
• Mark officers "Parasol"
• Order of the Cross of the Eagle
  Order of the Cross of the Eagle
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  , Class I (Estonia, 1938)

Further reading

• Andrzej Ajnenkiel, "Polsko-francuski sojusz wojskowy". Akademia Obrony Narodowej, Warsaw, 2000.
• John P. Dunn, Polish Defense Planning, 1919-1939: MYTH VS. REALITY, 1987, dissertation, FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, http://digitalcommons.fau.edu/dissertations/AAI1332198/
• Dziennik Personalny M.S.Wojsk. Nr 14 z 22.12.1934 r.
• Tadeusz Kasprzycki, Kartki z dziennika oficera I. brygady, Warszawa. 1934.
• Stanley S. Seidner, Marshal Edward Śmigły-Rydz Rydz and the Defense of Poland, New York, 1978.