 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Panguva yokurwiswa kwePoland, Szczepanik akaiswa mujeri kuLithuania uye akazosungwa nemauto eSoviet. Kubva muna 1940 kusvika muna 1942, akaiswa mujeri mumisasa yeSoviet Gulag muKozielsk neKola Peninsula. Pashure pokutanga kweHondo yeRussia neGermanyuye kusaina kweSikorski-Mayski Chibvumirano, akasunungurwa uye akabatana nePolish II Corps pasi peGeneral Władysław Anders. Somukuru mukuru uye pakupedzisira Major muuto rePoland, akashanda nekusiyanisa muChishanu chePoland Artillery Regiment kunyanya muhondo dzeMonte Cassino, Ancona, neBologna. Akanga ari mumwe wemitezo yokutanga yamauto eAllied kupinda muBologna. Muna 1945 akagamuchira Cross of the Valorous, uye gore rakatevera rakapiwa Silver Cross of Merit ine Mapakatwa. Mukuwedzera, Szczepanik akapiwa mubayiro weItaly Cross of Military Merit naMambo weItaly nemimwe mibayiro yakawanda yePoland neBritain. Akashandawo semukuru mukuru wekubatana neRoyal Artillery Training Team, yaitungamirirwa naColonel R.R. Hoare. 