After graduation he volunteered for military service and completed his training in Armoured Warfare Training Centre (Centrum Wyszkolenia Broni Pancernych) in Modlin in 1937, then he began to study at the Warsaw Polytechnic.
In the World World War II literature he is mentioned as Roman Orlik. Early life and World World War II
In August 1939 he was mobilized and took part in the September Campaign in the 71st Polish Armored Squadron. On the 18 September 1939, during the skirmish of Pociecha in the Kampinos Forest, Orlik"s half-platoon composed of three tankettes TKS (only the Orlik"s one had a 20mm cannon, the others were equiped with machine-guns) destroyed three German tanks, probably the Panzer 35(t) from the 1.
Leichte Division.
As a result of the battle died the commander of the German platoon, the 23 years old lieutenant Victor IV, Duke of Ratibor. The next day Orlik participated to the battle of SierakóWest Initially the Germans are repelled by the Polish 9th Uhlan Regiment and 7th Mounted Rifles.
Enemies counter-attacked with the support of tanks belonging to the Panzer-Regiment 11 and the Panzer-Abteilung 65.
Poles destroyed 20 tanks with the help of artillery, Orlik hit 7 of them and took two prisoners.Then he led his tank to Warsaw and took part to his defense. During the occupation Orlik joined the Armia Krajowa.
Post-war career
After the war ended, Orlik was graduated from the High School for Plastic Arts (Wyższa Szkoła Plastyczna) and worked in Łódź where he designed campus buildings. He was the creator of the project of the Łódź University Library, built in the years 1956-1960 considered to be the most elaborate architectural work in the town of the communist period.
Orlik also designed the dormitory for foreign students (called the Tower of Babel) and the Department of Foreign Languages.
Then he graduated in architecture at the Wrocław University of Technology. Since the beginning of 1970"s, Orlik lived and worked in Opole. He died in an accident in 1982.
In Pociecha where the battle was fought a memorial stone dedicated to Orlik was erected.
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