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Attachat wojskowy w Belgradzie w dwudziestoleciu międzywojennym
Mission of the Military Attaché in Belgrade between the world wars

Author(s): Andrzej Krzak
Subject(s): Diplomatic history, Military history, Security and defense, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the history of the Military Attaché of the Polish Mission in Belgrade. Established in 1919, it initially functioned in Zagreb. After 1923, it operated as a supernumerary unit of the Polish Mission, and was reactivated in 1925. The Military Attachés in Belgrade actively participated in the information work for the benefit of the General Command of the Polish Army. They participated for example in the talks concerning the signing of the transit convention between Poland and the Kingdom of Serbs Croats, and Slovenes, which was of special significance for security of Poland. Thanks to their contacts, the attachés gathered information on Soviet–Italian and Soviet–German cooperation, the subversive activity of the Comintern, Soviet and German special forces in the Balkans and among the émigrés, and the organisation of Ukrainian nationalists.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 231-243
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish