Kazimierz Iranek-Osmecki
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Kazimierz Wincenty Iranek-Osmecki (noms de guerre Kazimierz Jarecki, Włodzimierz Ronczewski, Makary, Antoni Heller, Pstrąg; 5 September 1897 – 22 May 1984, London) was an infantry colonel (pułkownik) in the Polish Army, and colonel in Poland's Home Army (AK). He fought in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, and was responsible for negotiations between the Home Army and the German Wehrmacht.
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Born | (1897-09-05)September 5, 1897 Pstrągowa, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Poland) |
Died | May 22, 1984(1984-05-22) (aged 86) London, United Kingdom |
Allegiance | Second Polish Republic |
Service/ | Polish Legions Polish Land Forces |
Years of service | 1916–1945 |
Rank | Pułkownik |
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Awards | Virtuti Militari |
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Iranek-Osmecki commanded the Home Army General Staff's Section II (Intelligence and Counterintelligence), and was a Cichociemny. He discovered the German V-1 and V-2 testing facility at Peenemünde.[1]