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General Władysław Sikorski – further studies

General Władysław Sikorski – further studies. From December 18, 1922, to May 26, 1923, Sikorski served as Prime Minister and also as Minister of Internal Affairs, and was even considered as possible President During his brief tenure as prime minister,

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General Władysław Sikorski – further studies

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  1. General Władysław Sikorski – further studies

  2. From December 18, 1922, to May 26, 1923, Sikorski served as Prime Minister and also as Minister of Internal Affairs, and was even considered as possible President During his brief tenure as prime minister, he became popular with the Polish public and carried out essential reforms in addition to guiding the country's foreign policy in a direction that gained the approval and cooperation of the League of Nations and tightened Polish-French cooperation.

  3. One of his government's achievements was establishing Polish borders and obtaining recognition for Poland's eastern frontiers from western European countries. On the 26th of May, 1923 Sikorski was dismissed from the function of Prime Minister

  4. WWII - Prime Minister in exile and Commander in Chief On the 30th of September 1939 President Raczkiewicz assigned Sikorski Prime Minister. On November 7 he became Commander in Chief and General Inspector of the Armed Forces One of Sikorski's political goals was the creation of a Central and Eastern European federation, starting with the Polish-Czechoslovakian confederation.

  5. General Sikorski during his visit in squadron 300

  6. Sikorski focused on creating Polish Army in France. The Polish Air Force in France comprised 86 aircrafts in four squadrons. Moreover there were 84 thousand of infantry ready to fight Sikorski during his meeting with soldiers in France.

  7. During his meeting with Churchill on 19th of June 1940 Sikorski promised that Polish Army would fight together with the British until the end of war. After the signing of a Polish-British Military Agreement on August 5, 1940, they proceeded to build up and train the Polish Armed Forces. Experienced Polish pilots took part in the Battle of Britain, where the Polish 303 Fighter Squadron achieved the highest number of kills of any Allied squadron. On July 18 Sikorski was dismissed. The reason was his attitude towards the Soviet Union. He thought that it was important to seek agreement with the Soviets.

  8. Sikorski and Churchill during inspection of the Polish Army

  9. One of the last photographs of general Sikorski

  10. Mysterious death On July 4, 1943, while Sikorski was returning from an inspection of Polish forces deployed in the Middle East, he was killed, together with his daughter, his Chief of Staff, Tadeusz Klimecki, and seven others, when his plane, a Liberator II, serial AL523, crashed into the sea 16 seconds after takeoff from Gibraltar Airport at 23:07 hours. At the moment his body is put in the Crypt of Wawel Castle.

  11. The tomb of general Sikorski

  12. There are many theories connected with Sikorski's death. For many people it was not just an accident. There were suggestions that someone had planned his assassination. In 2008 a special autopsy took place. In the report after it the hypothesis of an earlier shooting, poisoning or strangling were excluded.

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