one day early (on 6 July).Largely in the effect of the German-AK relationship in the area, only a third of the available AK force took part in the operation against the Nazis. Ultimately, the Polish forces had to cooperate with the Soviets to secure Wilno. After the Poles and Soviets defeated the Germans on 17 July 1944, Polish officers, including Krzyżanowski, who had been invited to a debriefing with the Soviets, were arrested and imprisoned. After World War II Krzyżanowski was in prison until 1947. In August 1947 he escaped but was quickly re-arrested when he approached a Polish official who worked for the Polish communists. He was repatriated to Poland in October 1947. He did not support any secret resistance against the Soviets, like Freedom and Independence, arguing that it was pointless in the face of Soviet numerical superiority and the Western betrayal, but he remained in contact with many of his former subordinates. He was however still viewed as a danger to the state by the Polish communist regime and was arrested in 1948 by the secret police, Urząd Bezpieczeństwa. In prison, his health deteriorated, and he died from tuberculosis on 29 September 1951. Posthumous He was buried in an unmarked grave, but in the wake of destalinization in 1957, his body was exhumed and buried in the Powązki Military Cemetery. In 1994 he was posthumously promoted to the rank of brigade general. See also Maciej Kalenkiewicz Belarusian partisans Polish partisans Notes and references Sources Short biography Further reading Krzysztof Tarka: Generał Aleksander Krzyżanowski „Wilk”, Oficyna Wydawnicza RYTM, Warszawa 2000 Krzysztof Tarka: Komendant Wilk. Z dziejów Wileńskiej Armii Krajowej, Oficyna Wydawnicza Volumen Warszawa 1990 1895 births 1951 deaths People from Bryansk Home Army members Burials at Powązki Military Cemetery 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Poland Polish generals Prisoners who died in Polish People's Republic detention Polish people of the Polish–Soviet War Polish deportees to Soviet Union Polish people detained by the NKVD