Gen. Stanislaw Maczek, 102, the last surviving senior Allied commander in World War II, died yesterday in Edinburgh, Scotland, Polish diplomats said. General Maczek was one of the leading Polish commanders during the war, having created and commanded the Polish 1st Armored Division, which fought with the Allies in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and northern Germany. General Maczek settled in Edinburgh after the war and was stripped of Polish citizenship and accused of treachery when the Communists took power. In 1989, Warsaw apologized to General Maczek and this year he was decorated with the highest Polish state decoration, the Order of the White Eagle.
Gen. Stanislaw Maczek, 102, the last surviving...
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