Edukacja obronna społeczeństwa polskiego w II Rzeczypospolitej

• Autorzy: Wyszczelski L.

Warianty tytułu

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Polish defence education in the time of the Second Republic

• Języki publikacji: PL

Abstrakty

EN

Polish defence education after the First World War gained a significant importance due to the changes in the character of the war, that was waged on large areas of the fighting states territories. The educational activities can be divided into four phases including the I following years: 1918-1921, 1921-1926, 1926-1935, and 1935-1939. In the years of 1918-1921, due to wars fought to establish the borders of the state, the theory was replaced by practice. A significant part of the Polish population participated in the war, the rest worked for the front. During the 1921-1926 period, the state and military leadership tried to work out a program of common education, treated mainly as a reserves preparation for the needs of a potential war. Defence education for youth before conscription was preferred. Social organisations and associations conducted that defence preparation. Due to the lack of political will, there was no parliamentary law concerning this issue. After Piłsudski’s May coup, the State Office for Physical and Military Education was created, an institution responsible, among others, for defence education. It was treated still as military preparation and referred only to a part of the society. Growing military threat to the mid-thirties intensified the efforts of the state of the defence preparation. Polish military co-ordinated this activity. It made mistakes, however trying to monopolise this area of activity and to impose social organisations and associations its own model of education. The biggest fault was too little theoretical and practical preparation of the society in case of a total war with a massive participation of technical s means of fighting, also not being ready psychologically for a defeat.

Słowa kluczowe

PL

edukacja obronna; wojsko; wojna

EN

defense-oriented education; army; war

• Wydawca: Akademia Sztuki Wojennej
• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe AON
• Rocznik: 1999
• Tom: nr 3(36)
• Strony: 161--175

Twórcy

autor

Wyszczelski L.