RUSSIAN GENERAL IN POLISH ARMY
(Rec. 9.50). LONDON, November 7. The Moscow radio announced to-day that Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky, who was one of Russia’s foremost war-time commanders, has been placed 'at the disposal of the Polish Government. Marshal Rokossovsky will serve in the Polish Army. It said that Poland’s President, Boleslaw Beirut, had asked for Marshal Rokossovsky. This was because of his Polish origin and popularity among Polish people. Marshal Rokossovsky first came intv' prominence in 1941, when he recaptured, at M. 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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Grey River Argus, 8 November 1949, Page 5
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