TO SERVE WITH POLISH ARMY
Post for Marshal Rokossovsky ANNOUNCEMENT HQ MOSCOW
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, November T. The Moscow radio announced to-day that Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky, who was one of Russia’s foremost wartime commanders, had been placed at
the disposal of the Polish Government. Marshal Rokossovsky will serve in the Polish Army. Poland’s President (Mr Boleslaw Beirut) asked for Marshal Rokossovsky because of his Polish origin and popularity among the Polish people. Marshal Rokossovsky first came into prominence in 1941, when he recaptured at Mr Stalin’s direct orders the town of Istra during the German attack on Moscow. He was one of the generals who had command during the defeat of the German armies outside Stalingrad.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25955, 8 November 1949, Page 5
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