Ammunition Park of Polish Legions in Łódź
in the years 1916-1917 Cover Image

Park Amunicyjny Legionów Polskich w Łodzi w latach 1916-1917
Ammunition Park of Polish Legions in Łódź in the years 1916-1917

Author(s): Konrad A. Czernielewski
Subject(s): Military history, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Instytut Historii UJK - Filia w Piotrkowie Trybunalskim
Keywords: Polish Legions; Ammunition Park of Polish Legions; history of Łódź; oath crisis; Polish Military Organization

Summary/Abstract: The author discussed the stories Ammunition Park of Polish Legions: its formation,arrival in the vicinity of Łódź and activity in 1916-1917. He showedthe profiles of the sub-unit commanders and their further fate in World WarI, also after 1918. He also described the course in the summer of 1917 and thecircumstances of the ammunition park. The author also presents the attitudeof the inhabitans of Łódź villages and settlements to legionaries – from suspicionand resentment to established friendships and sympathies. At the end hedescribed examples of marriages, that were made by the inhabitans of the townsof Łódź after the war with the soldiers of the Polish Legions.

  • Issue Year: 20/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 67-80
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish