Edvardas Adamkavičius
- Imperial Russian Army (1912–1918)
- Separate Lithuanian Battalion (1918)
- Lithuanian Armed Forces (1918–1940)
- Division General
- Knight's Cross of the Order of the Cross of Vytis (1920)
War School of Kaunas (1930)
Edvardas Adamkavičius (March 31, 1888 – May 10, 1957) was a Lithuanian general.
Early life
He was born in Pikeliai, Telšiai County, Lithuania.[1]
Interwar Lithuanian Army
He enlisted in the Lithuanian Army in 1918.[1] He was made a lieutenant general on September 6, 1933, a brigadier general in 1936 and a divisional general on February 16, 1937.[1] He retired in 1940.[1]
Occupation and emigration
After the occupation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union, he fled to Germany.[1] He emigrated to the United States in 1949.[1] He died in Worcester, Massachusetts.[1]
Family
He was the uncle of future President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus.[2]
Bibliography
- Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, Bd. 1, S. 73.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Tamašauskas, Kazimieras. "Edvardas Adamkavičius". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Bartasevičius, Valdas (March 29, 2014). "Vyties Kryžiaus kavalieriai istoriją rašė narsa ir krauju". lrytas.lt. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
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