Jan Kowalewski

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Officer of the Polish Army, cryptographer (1892-1965)

United Kingdom WritersLived 1892 to 1965 · aged 73

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Lt. Col. Jan Kowalewski was a Polish cryptologist, intelligence officer, engineer, journalist, military commander, and creator and first head of the Polish Cipher Bureau.

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Jan Kowalewski

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2012Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta

1933Gold Cross of Merit‎

1932Cross of Independence with Swords

1930Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta

1926Order of the Rising Sun, 5th class

1922Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari

Cross of Valour

Cross on the Silesian Ribbon of Valor and Merit

Commander of the Order of the Crown (Romania)

Knight Officer of the Order of the Crown (Romania)

Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms

Badge "Armored Sign"

Connected to Jan 6

Tadeusz KasprzyckiAlso won Badge "Armored Sign"

Stefan KorbońskiAlso won Cross on the Silesian Ribbon of Valor and Merit

Mikołaj BołtućAlso won Commander of the Order of the Crown (Romania)

Jacques SeydouxAlso won Knight Officer of the Order of the Crown (Romania)

Kazimierz PuzakAlso won Cross of Independence with Swords

Kamio MitsuomiAlso won Order of the Rising Sun, 5th class

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Lt. Col. Jan Kowalewski was a Polish cryptologist, intelligence officer, engineer, journalist, military commander, and creator and first head of the Polish Cipher Bureau. He recruited a large staff of cryptologists who broke Soviet military codes and ciphers during the Polish-Soviet War, enabling Poland to weather the war and achieve victory in the 1920 Battle of Warsaw.

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