The article concerns special operations in a global dimension that occurred in wars and armed conflicts after World War II (1945). There have been outlined conditions of their dynamic development, particularly in the Cold War period, the evolution of their contents and growing importance in armed fighting. The evolution of the contemporary war phenomenon and the role of special operations in it have been shown. The transformations of special operations’ contents and character have been presented on the background of the transformations of the world’s political and military situation. Special operations can be carried out not only during a crisis or conflicts and the "creeping" character of low intensity wars show that the role and importance of special operations have been increasing. They tend to gain the status of independent operations. This causes the increase of special troops that currently are becoming not only the permanent but also more significant component of the armed forces.
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The theory of irregular operations dates back to the beginning of the 19th century and it was connected with experiences of partisan operations in Spain. The Italians were its creators. The Poles contributed immensely to it thanks to Gen. Wojciech Chrzanowski, the author of the book entitled “On Partisan War” published in 1835. Also the literary outputs of Gen. Józef Zachariasz Bem, Aleksander Jelocicki and Ludwik Bystrzowski were significant. In turn, the Poles, namely Karol Bogumił Stolzman and Henryk Kamieński, created the theory of people's war. The theory of irregular operations had been undergoing a revival until World War II. American and French theoreticians contributed mostly to it. It was an after- math of partisan wars waged mainly in Asia and Africa.
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