He was then admitted to the Polish Army as a '' contract officer '' and served as the Commander of Infantry ( de facto deputy commander ) of the Polish 16th Infantry Division . He took part in the Polish Defensive War of 1939 and fought with distinction in a number of battles . Taken prisoner by the Germans , he was handed over to the USSR in accordance with the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact and then executed by the NKVD some time in 1940 during the infamous Katyn massacre
Katyn massacre
Katyn massacre
Alexandre Chkheidze