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'''Tadeusz Józef Roman Morgenstern-Podjazd''' (9 November 1895-5 October 1973) was a Polish admiral.
Morgenstern-Podjazd was born into an upper-class Polish family in Czernowitz in the province of Bukovina in the Austrian empire (modern [[Chernivtsi]], Ukraine). He joined the Imperial Austrian Navy and was trained at the naval base at Fiume on the Adriatic Sea. He reached the rank of lieutenant and served on the cruiser ''Hegoland'' and ''Habsurg'' in World War I. After the dissolution of the Austrian empire in 1918, he joined the newly founded Polish Army, serving in the Naval Section of the Polish general staff. In late 1920, he took command of the torpedo boat ''Komendant Piłsudski'' in the Baltic Sea. In 1922 he briefly commanded a minesweeper ORP ''Jaskółka'', and then entered officer's training course at the Officers' School of the Navy in [[Toruń]]. In the years 1925–1927 he was the head of the Department of Regulations and Training of the Polish Navy, and in 1927 he returned to the Naval Officer's School as director of science. From 1928 to 1933 he commanded successively the torpedo boat ORP ''Krakowiak'' and the destroyer ORP ''Wicher''. In 1933, he was appointed commander of the Naval Cadet School in Toruń. In 1938 he became the first captain of the destroyer ORP ''Błyskawica'', and in the same year he took command of the destroyer squadron based in [[Gdynia]].
In the summer of 1939, he was appointed commander of the Naval Cadet School in [[Bydgoszcz]]. When Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, Morgenstern-Podjazd sent the cadets to fight in the defense of Horodyszcze and on 19 September he had the school blown up to prevent it from falling into German hands. On 23 September 1939 he fled to Romania where in common with many other Polish military personnel, he was not interned by the regime of King Carol II and instead permitted to go on to [[France]]. Through he did not know it at the time, this would be the last time he was to see [[Poland]].
After a short stay in [[Bucharest]], Morgenstern-Podjazd arrived in [[Paris]] to report to the government-in-exile. In December 1939, he was appointed Polish naval attache to Sweden and from Stockholm engaged in intelligence-gathering activities about German naval operations in the Baltic. In the summer of 1941, a scandal broke out when Commander [[Bogusław Krawczyk]] of the Polish submarine ORP ''Wilk'' committed suicide on 19 July 1941 in response to a culture of bullying and hazing within the Navy. In response to the scandal, General [[Władysław Sikorski]], the prime minister of the government-in-exile came into conflict with Admiral [[Jerzy Świrski]] and his deputy Commander Karol Korytowski. Sikorski had wanted to sack Admirał Świrski, but was prevented from doing so by objections from the British Royal Navy who argued that Świrski was the most experienced Polish admiral and there was no one to replace him. Morgenstern-Podjazd was appointed to replace Korytowski as Świrski's deputy. Morgenstern-Podjazd's relations with Świrski were strained and in October 1942 he resigned to become the Polish naval attache to the United States. In 1945, he took command of the naval training school ORP ''Bałtyk'' in [[Okehampto]]n.
Morgenstern-Podjazd chose not to return to Communist Poland and in 1949 he was elected president of the Navy Association. For a time, Morgenstern-Podjazd lived in Ottawa, Canada where his paintings were exhibited in at a local art gallery. In 1964, General [[WRładysław Anders]] appointed him Rear Admiral. Morgenstern-Podjazd died in [[London]] and is buried in Putney Vale Cemetery. Ł
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==Books and articles==Editions Spotkania
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==Notes==
[[Category: 1895 births]]
[[Category: 1973 deaths]]
Morgenstern-Podjazd was born into an upper-class Polish family in Czernowitz in the province of Bukovina in the Austrian empire (modern [[Chernivtsi]], Ukraine). He joined the Imperial Austrian Navy and was trained at the naval base at Fiume on the Adriatic Sea. He reached the rank of lieutenant and served on the cruiser ''Hegoland'' and ''Habsurg'' in World War I. After the dissolution of the Austrian empire in 1918, he joined the newly founded Polish Army, serving in the Naval Section of the Polish general staff. In late 1920, he took command of the torpedo boat ''Komendant Piłsudski'' in the Baltic Sea. In 1922 he briefly commanded a minesweeper ORP ''Jaskółka'', and then entered officer's training course at the Officers' School of the Navy in [[Toruń]]. In the years 1925–1927 he was the head of the Department of Regulations and Training of the Polish Navy, and in 1927 he returned to the Naval Officer's School as director of science. From 1928 to 1933 he commanded successively the torpedo boat ORP ''Krakowiak'' and the destroyer ORP ''Wicher''. In 1933, he was appointed commander of the Naval Cadet School in Toruń. In 1938 he became the first captain of the destroyer ORP ''Błyskawica'', and in the same year he took command of the destroyer squadron based in [[Gdynia]].
In the summer of 1939, he was appointed commander of the Naval Cadet School in [[Bydgoszcz]]. When Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, Morgenstern-Podjazd sent the cadets to fight in the defense of Horodyszcze and on 19 September he had the school blown up to prevent it from falling into German hands. On 23 September 1939 he fled to Romania where in common with many other Polish military personnel, he was not interned by the regime of King Carol II and instead permitted to go on to [[France]]. Through he did not know it at the time, this would be the last time he was to see [[Poland]].
After a short stay in [[Bucharest]], Morgenstern-Podjazd arrived in [[Paris]] to report to the government-in-exile. In December 1939, he was appointed Polish naval attache to Sweden and from Stockholm engaged in intelligence-gathering activities about German naval operations in the Baltic. In the summer of 1941, a scandal broke out when Commander [[Bogusław Krawczyk]] of the Polish submarine ORP ''Wilk'' committed suicide on 19 July 1941 in response to a culture of bullying and hazing within the Navy. In response to the scandal, General [[Władysław Sikorski]], the prime minister of the government-in-exile came into conflict with Admiral [[Jerzy Świrski]] and his deputy Commander Karol Korytowski. Sikorski had wanted to sack Admirał Świrski, but was prevented from doing so by objections from the British Royal Navy who argued that Świrski was the most experienced Polish admiral and there was no one to replace him. Morgenstern-Podjazd was appointed to replace Korytowski as Świrski's deputy. Morgenstern-Podjazd's relations with Świrski were strained and in October 1942 he resigned to become the Polish naval attache to the United States. In 1945, he took command of the naval training school ORP ''Bałtyk'' in [[Okehampto]]n.
Morgenstern-Podjazd chose not to return to Communist Poland and in 1949 he was elected president of the Navy Association. For a time, Morgenstern-Podjazd lived in Ottawa, Canada where his paintings were exhibited in at a local art gallery. In 1964, General [[WRładysław Anders]] appointed him Rear Admiral. Morgenstern-Podjazd died in [[London]] and is buried in Putney Vale Cemetery. Ł
ŁŁŁr|
==Books and articles==Editions Spotkania
*<ref></ref>
==Notes==
[[Category: 1895 births]]
[[Category: 1973 deaths]]
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