A Honor Episode at the Higher War School in 1925 involving Major Zygmunt Berling Cover Image

Honorowy epizod w Wyższej Szkole Wojennej z udziałem majora Zygmunta Berlinga w 1925 roku
A Honor Episode at the Higher War School in 1925 involving Major Zygmunt Berling

Author(s): Grzegorz Kulka
Subject(s): Local History / Microhistory, Military history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Court case
Published by: Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne im. gen. broni Kazimierza Sosnkowskiego
Keywords: Zygmunt Berling; Higher War School; honour dispute; Honorary Officer’s Court;

Summary/Abstract: During a lecture by a French officer at the Higher War School (Wyższa Szkoła Wojenna, WSWoj.) there was an incident between Major Zygmunt Berling and Major Janusz Gaładyk. This event became the subject of an internal investigation at WSWoj. as well as an additional later inquiry by the Honorary Officer’s Court. This article, based mainly on previously unknown archival materials, presents the circumstances of this dispute and its conclusion. It also provides a supplement to Berling’s biographies that are in scientific circulation, which did not mention the episode.

  • Issue Year: XXIII/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 152-166
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish