Józef Beck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Józef Beck

Polish diplomat and military officer

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1894

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 05-Jun-1944

Profession: military personnel, politician, diplomat

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Józef Beck (Polish: ['juz?f 'b?k] (listen); 4 October 1894 – 5 June 1944) was a Polish statesman who served the Second Republic of Poland as a diplomat and military officer, and was a close associate of Józef Pilsudski.
Beck is most famous for being Polish foreign minister in the 1930s, when he largely set Polish foreign policy. He tried to fulfill Pilsudski's dream of making Poland the leader of a regional coalition, but he was widely disliked and distrusted by other governments.
He was involved in territorial disputes with Lithuania and Czechoslovakia.
With his nation caught between two large, hostile powers—Germany and the Soviet Union—Beck sometimes pursued accommodation with them and sometimes defied them, trying to take advantage of their mutual antagonism.
As this proved unsuccessful, he formed an alliance with Great Britain and France, but despite mutual agreements, they would not provide effective assistance to Poland.
In 1939, when Germany and the Soviet Union both invaded Poland, Beck and the rest of his government evacuated to Romania.