About General Karol “Walter” Świerczewski without emotion

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Karol Świerczewski was distinguished by his bravado and courage. He had the habit of observing the actions of his opponent from the fore-end of the trench, and 1 can mention, for example, the bath in Wisla on 29 July 1944, in front of soldiers preparing to forg the river," says Colonel Jacek Lasota of the Academy of War Art.