Jozef Jaklicz

Following the creation of the Polish Auxiliary Corps, Jaklicz became a staff officer, and after its dissolution, he joined Polska Siła Zbrojna (Polnische Wehrmacht).

In late 1918, Jaklicz entered the Polish Army, and was named commandant of a battalion of the 36th Academic Legion Infantry Regiment, which fought in the Battle of Lemberg (1918).

Upon his return to Poland (March 1923) he was nominated to the post of officer of Polish General Staff, and was named chief of a department at the III Bureau, where he remained until December 1924.

Jaklicz then lectured at Wyższa Szkoła Wojenna (Higher War School), but in April 1929 he was named commandant of 12th Infantry Regiment from Wadowice.

This was his last official post in the Second Polish Republic: Jaklicz remained in the II Bureau until 18 September 1939, when he crossed the Polish-Romanian border.