Diaries, daybooks and memoirs as sources for studies of daily lives of cavalrymen and horse artillerists of Polish military units from 1914–1918 and the Army of the Second Polish Republic Cover Image

Dzienniki oraz pamiętniki i wspomnienia jako źródła do badań nad życiem codziennym kawalerzystów i artylerzystów konnych polskich formacji wojskowych z lat 1914–1918 oraz Wojska Polskiego II Rzeczypospolitej
Diaries, daybooks and memoirs as sources for studies of daily lives of cavalrymen and horse artillerists of Polish military units from 1914–1918 and the Army of the Second Polish Republic

Author(s): Aleksander Smoliński
Subject(s): Military history, Social history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Polish military units from World War I; the Polish Army from the period 1914–1918; the Polish Commonwealth of 1918–1939; cavalry; horse artillery; relational sources – diaries; daybooks; memoirs

Summary/Abstract: The history of cavalry and horse artillery of Polish military units from the period of World War I and the Polish Army from 1918–1939 has long been a subject of interest for Polish scholars. It is evidenced by the growing number of publications concerning them. One of the sources by means of which their history is studied are relational sources, namely diaries, daybooks and memoirs. That is why the Author has decided to present only selected sources of this type, and point to those issues concerning the history of cavalry and horse artillery which can be studied on the basis of relational sources. Apart from that, he has also indicated problems which can be encountered by potential scholars who decide to use sources of this type.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 102
  • Page Range: 135-155
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish