Radio Amateurs members of the Dobrzycki Klub Krótkofalowcow, SP3PDO will be active using special call sign SP150GHJ from Dobrzyca, Poland, commemorating 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Joseph Haller.
They will operate on HF Bands.
QSL via SP3PDO.
Information from their QRZ page:
Joseph Haller
The future commander of the Blue Army spent his childhood in the family estate of Jurczyce near Krakow. He was born in 1873 as the third of six children of a landowner, a descendant of Jan Haller, the owner of the first printing house in Poland from the 16th century. His grandfather was a captain in the November Uprising and his father took part in the January Uprising. From 1882, the family lived in Lviv, where the future general graduated from high school. Then he studied at the Artillery Department of the Technical Academy in Vienna, and after graduation, in 1895, he began serving in the Austro-Hungarian army as a second lieutenant. In 1908, he left the army with the rank of captain, after which he worked socially in the cooperative movement and conducted military training for young people from the "Sokół" Gymnastics Society, and also dealt with giving Polish characteristics to scouting and transforming it into scouting.
After the outbreak of World War I, Haller was a co-organizer of the Polish Legions alongside the Austro-Hungarian army. He took command of the 3rd Legions Regiment with the rank of colonel. His troops became famous, among others, for capturing the villages of Rafajłowa and Nadwórna, and also fought with the Russians in the Hutsul region and in Northern Bukowina. In May 1915, Haller was involved in a car accident and underwent lengthy rehabilitation. In July 1916, he took command of the 2nd Brigade of the Legions. He decided to swear allegiance to the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary, and his 2nd Brigade became part of the Polish Auxiliary Corps. As a sign of protest against the provisions of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, in March 1918 he and the 2nd Brigade broke through the front and joined its forces with Polish formations in Russia. He took command of the Polish II Corps in Ukraine and was appointed general. However, the corps was defeated by the Germans in the Battle of Kaniów in May 1918, and its survivors then made their way through revolutionary Russia to Murmansk, from where Haller also reached France. In July 1918, he became a member of the Polish National Committee and was appointed commander of the Polish army being created in France. It was made up of volunteers from among prisoners of war and French, American and Canadian Polonia. Due to the blue uniforms, this formation was called the Blue Army. In the autumn of 1918, it took part in the battles against the Germans in the Vosges and Champagne. After the armistice on the Western Front, the Army continued to expand, and when it began to be transferred to Poland in the spring of 1919, it had about 68,000 soldiers. Haller took command of the Pomeranian Front and in this role, in February 1920, he symbolically married Poland to the Baltic Sea. In the war with the Bolsheviks, he commanded the Northern Front.
After the war, Haller chaired the Polish Scouting Association and served as president of the Polish Red Cross. In the years 1922–1923 he was a member of the Sejm on behalf of the Christian Union of National Unity. He strongly opposed the election of President Gabriel Narutowicz, so he was accused of influencing his killer, as well as of anti-Semitism. In May 1926, Haller condemned Piłsudski's assassination attempt and was retired. From 1936 to 1939, he was a co-organizer of the opposition Front Morges and headed the Christian Democratic Labor Party. After World War II, he settled in Great Britain and died there in June 1960. His ashes were brought to Poland in 1993.
They will operate on HF Bands.
QSL via SP3PDO.
Information from their QRZ page:
Joseph Haller
The future commander of the Blue Army spent his childhood in the family estate of Jurczyce near Krakow. He was born in 1873 as the third of six children of a landowner, a descendant of Jan Haller, the owner of the first printing house in Poland from the 16th century. His grandfather was a captain in the November Uprising and his father took part in the January Uprising. From 1882, the family lived in Lviv, where the future general graduated from high school. Then he studied at the Artillery Department of the Technical Academy in Vienna, and after graduation, in 1895, he began serving in the Austro-Hungarian army as a second lieutenant. In 1908, he left the army with the rank of captain, after which he worked socially in the cooperative movement and conducted military training for young people from the "Sokół" Gymnastics Society, and also dealt with giving Polish characteristics to scouting and transforming it into scouting.
After the outbreak of World War I, Haller was a co-organizer of the Polish Legions alongside the Austro-Hungarian army. He took command of the 3rd Legions Regiment with the rank of colonel. His troops became famous, among others, for capturing the villages of Rafajłowa and Nadwórna, and also fought with the Russians in the Hutsul region and in Northern Bukowina. In May 1915, Haller was involved in a car accident and underwent lengthy rehabilitation. In July 1916, he took command of the 2nd Brigade of the Legions. He decided to swear allegiance to the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary, and his 2nd Brigade became part of the Polish Auxiliary Corps. As a sign of protest against the provisions of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, in March 1918 he and the 2nd Brigade broke through the front and joined its forces with Polish formations in Russia. He took command of the Polish II Corps in Ukraine and was appointed general. However, the corps was defeated by the Germans in the Battle of Kaniów in May 1918, and its survivors then made their way through revolutionary Russia to Murmansk, from where Haller also reached France. In July 1918, he became a member of the Polish National Committee and was appointed commander of the Polish army being created in France. It was made up of volunteers from among prisoners of war and French, American and Canadian Polonia. Due to the blue uniforms, this formation was called the Blue Army. In the autumn of 1918, it took part in the battles against the Germans in the Vosges and Champagne. After the armistice on the Western Front, the Army continued to expand, and when it began to be transferred to Poland in the spring of 1919, it had about 68,000 soldiers. Haller took command of the Pomeranian Front and in this role, in February 1920, he symbolically married Poland to the Baltic Sea. In the war with the Bolsheviks, he commanded the Northern Front.
After the war, Haller chaired the Polish Scouting Association and served as president of the Polish Red Cross. In the years 1922–1923 he was a member of the Sejm on behalf of the Christian Union of National Unity. He strongly opposed the election of President Gabriel Narutowicz, so he was accused of influencing his killer, as well as of anti-Semitism. In May 1926, Haller condemned Piłsudski's assassination attempt and was retired. From 1936 to 1939, he was a co-organizer of the opposition Front Morges and headed the Christian Democratic Labor Party. After World War II, he settled in Great Britain and died there in June 1960. His ashes were brought to Poland in 1993.