Like a lone wolf, he walked his path. He knew perfectly well that the chances were smaller than one in a million. And yet he walked. To the place where his destiny was fulfilled.
This soldier died last in the last battle of the Polish Army in the war that began in 1939. Exactly 24 years after the beginning of World War II.
On October 21, 1963, at about 3:45 p.m., a unit of the Polish Army fell into an ambush. It was near the village of Majdan Kozic Górnych. Due to the overwhelming numerical superiority of the enemy and the encirclement, the unit decided to withdraw.

Unfortunately…
The battle was lost
The last soldier of the Polish Army died 300 meters from the village buildings
Józef Franczak „Lalek”