Titular generals of the Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic – a collective biography. Part 1. Legal circumstances and statistical analysis Cover Image

Generałowie tytularni Wojska Polskiego w okresie II Rzeczypospolitej – biografia zbiorowa. Część I: Uwarunkowania prawne i analiza statystyczna
Titular generals of the Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic – a collective biography. Part 1. Legal circumstances and statistical analysis

Author(s): Andrzej Wojtaszak
Subject(s): Politics, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe GRADO
Keywords: army; generals; collective biography

Summary/Abstract: The article is about analysis of group of Polish Army officers which under the law got rights to general title. In that time rights achieved 100 offices. The largest group were the ex Austro – Hungarian soldiers – 53 officers (more than the half of promoted). Second group were Russian (Tsarist army) – 38 persons. There were five officers form ex – German army and 2 from Polish Legions. Zdzisław Dmochowski has never served in the army. His past requires more research. The largest group of generals were infantry army – 36, and doctors – 24, troopers – 13, gunners – 8, sappers – 5, authorizing officers – 6 and controllers – 3 and train troops – 2. Another services had only once representative.

  • Issue Year: 5/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 85-109
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish