Goodbye General: The death of General Waldemar Skrzypczak is simply a immense failure to the Polish army and society. Died at the age of 69, he was a commander of the Land Army from 2006 to 2009 and commander of the Multinational Centre-South Division in Ir

Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Ministry of National Defence, was the first to inform of the General's death. "We have heard sad news about the death of General Waldemar Skrzypczak. This is simply a immense failure to loved ones and to our military family" – he wrote on the platform X. Kosiniak-Kamish mentioned professionalism, devotion to his homeland and patriotism of the general he experienced personally during his military career.

Tomasz Siemoniak, head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, besides referred to the General's death. “With large regret, I accepted the news of the death of General Waldemar Skrzypczak. We worked closely together erstwhile I served as Minister of National Defence, he was my deputy. Patriot and born Commander. He loved the Army, and the soldiers loved Him," he wrote on platform X.

General Waldemar Skrzypczak was born on 19 January 1956 in Szczecin. He was a postgraduate of the Higher School of Officers of the Armoured Forces in Poznań and the General Staff Academy in Warsaw. He besides completed a strategical resource management course at Monterey Postgraduate Studies in California, USA.

In his military career, General Skrzypczak served many crucial functions, including commander of the Land Army and commander of the Multinational Center-South Division. He was liable for minimising the number of rebel attacks in this territory. After taking over as commander of the Land Army in 2006, he increased the number of troops stationed in Afghanistan.

One of the most crucial cases in General Skrzypczak's career was the Nangar Khel case. In 2007, as a consequence of the fire of Nangar Khel village in Afghanistan, six people were killed and 2 died in hospital. The prosecutor charged 7 soldiers with war crimes. General Skrzypczak, at the time of the tragedy in Afghanistan, was commander of the Land Army.

In 2011, the Military territory Court in Warsaw acquitted all 7 soldiers, and appeals were recognized by the Military Chamber of the ultimate Court. In 2012, the ultimate Court formally acquitted the highest rank of the defendants, Captain Olgard C. and 2 privates. The case of the 4 platoon members, which was sent by Captain C. under Nangar Khel, returned to re-examine.

In the retrial of the first instance, the military prosecutors demanded 8 years in prison for 1 of the defendants, 12 years – for the second, 8 years – for the 3rd and 5 years for the fourth. The defendants acted with intent; at least they agreed to the death of civilians," the prosecutor said.

In February 2016, the three-member composition of the ultimate Court Military Chamber deemed the First instance conviction correct and kept it in force. We are very pleased that specified a verdict has been passed, due to the fact that it closes a case that has been the focus of the full army for nearly 3 years," he told journalists in June 2011, referring to the decision of the court.

The death of General Waldemar Skrzypczak is simply a immense failure to the Polish army and society. His achievements and experience will be remembered for many years. Hi, his memory.