Elementy napoleońskiego systemu wojny w Bitwie Warszawskiej
Elements of the Napoleonic War System in the Battle of Warsaw

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to answer the question about the inspirations that guided Józef Piłsudski when preparing for the Battle of Warsaw. Sources indicate that the Polish Commanderin Chief strongly rejected the western war doctrine based on the experience of World War I. Instead, he attributed the primary role to manoeuvre, using the Napoleonic pattern of striking the enemy’s lines of communication during the Battle of Warsaw. The text presents the views of French military theorist of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Hubert Camon, who analysed the components of the manoeuvres used by Napoleon and was the first to notice their similarity to the solutions used during the Battle of Warsaw.

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