Józef Unrug was a German-born Polish admiral who served as a submarine commander in the Imperial German Navy in World War I and helped create Poland's navy after the independence of Poland. During the opening stages of World War II, he served as the Polish Navy's commander-in-chief.
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Henryk SucharskiAlso won Decade of Independence Regained
Auguste BeernaertAlso won Order of the Dannebrog
Oskar von HutierAlso won Order of the Dannebrog
Kazimierz AjdukiewiczAlso won Decade of Independence Regained
Lucjan ŻeligowskiAlso won Commemorative Medal for the War of 1918-1921
Leopold OkulickiAlso won Gold Cross of the Virtuti MilitariAbout this person
Józef Unrug was a German-born Polish admiral who served as a submarine commander in the Imperial German Navy in World War I and helped create Poland's navy after the independence of Poland. During the opening stages of World War II, he served as the Polish Navy's commander-in-chief. As a German POW, he refused all German offers to change sides and was incarcerated in several Oflags, including Colditz Castle. He stayed in exile after the war in the United Kingdom, Morocco and France where he died and was buried. In September 2018 he was posthumously promoted in the rank of vice admiral by the President of Poland. After 45 years his remains, along with those of his wife Zofia, were exhumed from Montrésor and taken in October 2018 to his final resting place in Gdynia, Poland.
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