Studia operacyjne w Wojsku Polskim w latach 1921–1939. Stan badań
The Current State of Research regarding Operational Studies in the Polish Army between 1921–1939

Summary/Abstract: The issue of operational studies, or war planning, during the Second Polish Republic has aroused limited research interest since the end of the Polish campaign of 1939 that ended with defeat. This paper analyses the current achievements of Polish historiography regarding this topic – not limiting itself only to the literature created after 1989 – whilst also highlighting gaps in the research that need filling. The article presents, on the one hand, a synthetic study of the entire problem of war planning between 1921–1939 and, on the other a text in the field of historiography. The picture that emerges from the above-mentioned state of research concerning Polish operational planning leaves no doubt that this subject still has many research deficiencies. This is due to gaps in the archives, which can, however, be supplemented to some extent by other records held in the Central Military Archives of the Military Historical Office (Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne). Another problem concerns the dispersion of the archival resources, a large part of which are located in Moscow and London. Due to the current political climate, it is impossible to use the Moscow archive and, regrettably, it is difficult to estimate how long this situation will last.

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