Władysław Filar - soldier of 27th Home Army Infantry Division, Polish historian, professor.

Born in Iwanicze Nowe

Ivanychi Raion

Ivanychi Raion is a raion in Volyn Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ivanychi. It has a population of 35 995.-External links:*...

 in Volhynia

Volhynia

Volhynia, Volynia, or Volyn is a historic region in western Ukraine located between the rivers Prypiat and Southern Bug River, to the north of Galicia and Podolia; the region is named for the former city of Volyn or Velyn, said to have been located on the Southern Bug River, whose name may come...

, Ukraine, then under Polish administration. During the Second World War he fought against the Germans in Volhynia in Operation Tempest

Operation Tempest

Operation Tempest was a series of uprisings conducted during World War II by the Polish Home Army , the dominant force in the Polish resistance....

, and defended Polish villages against the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

In 1956 he completed the Academy of General Staff and in 1963 received a doctorate

Doctorate

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 in Military History

Military history

Military history is a humanities discipline within the scope of general historical recording of armed conflict in the history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, their cultures, economies and changing intra and international relationships....

. He habilitated in 1970 and became associate professor in 1973. He authored up to 120 historical and military publications. Filar also organized a series of historical seminars: "Poland - Ukraine: difficult questions" (1996–2001).

He is currently the Vice-chairman of Volhynia County, World Union of Home Army.

Books

• Przed Akcją Wisła był Wołyń, książka pod redakcją Władysława Filara, Wydawnictwo: Światowy Związek Żołnierzy Armii Krajowej, 1997. ISBN 83-901947-4-0
• Wołyń 1939-1944. Eksterminacja, czy walki polsko-ukraińskie, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2003. ISBN 83-7322-621-4
• Przebraże bastion polskiej samoobrony na Wołyniu, Rytm Oficyna Wydawnicza, 2007. ISBN 83-7399-254-2
• Wydarzenia wołyńskie 1939-1944. W poszukiwaniu odpowiedzi na trudne pytania, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2008. ISBN 83-7441-884-3
• "Burza" na Wołyniu". Z dziejów 27 Wołyńskiej Dywizji Piechoty Armii Krajowej. Studium historyczno-wojskowe, Oficyna Wydawnicza RYTM i ROPWiM, Warszawa 1997. ISBN 83-86678-73-9

Source

• Publishing house Adam Marszałek, (In Polish)