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Melchior Wańkowicz
1892Jan, 10

Melchior Wańkowicz

Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1974)
Melchior Wańkowicz (10 January 1892 – 10 September 1974) was a Polish army officer, popular writer, political journalist and publisher. He is most famous for his reporting for the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II and writing a book about the battle of Monte Cassino.

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