Janusz Bokszczanin (1894–1973) was a colonel of the Polish Army and one of the first Polish commanders of motorized troops. He joined the Russian imperial army in 1914, after the outbreak of World War I. In 1917 he was allowed to join the Polish 3rd Corps being formed in Russia. With it he reached Poland in 1918 and joined the Polish Army the following year. After receiving extensive military training, in 1935 he became the chief of staff of the Wołyńska Cavalry Brigade. After that he became the commanding officer of Polish 10th Mounted Rifle Regiment. He led that unit during its reorganization from standard horse-mounted cavalry into motorized infantry. During the Polish Defensive War of 1939 he led his unit in the ranks of Col. Stanisław Maczek's Polish 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade, ho