Przysposobienie Wojskowe Kobiet na ziemi wadowickiej (1928-1939)
Female Military Training Organisation (PWK) in the Wadowice Land (1928 - 1939)
Author(s): Marta MuranowiczSubject(s): Local History / Microhistory, Military history, Recent History (1900 till today), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Wadowickie Centrum Kultury
Keywords: Th e Organization for Preparing Women for the Defense of the Country/ Female Military Training Organisation; Voluntary Legion of Women; 12th Infantry Regiment; Second Polish Republic
Summary/Abstract: The Organization for Preparing Women for the Defense of the Country / Female Military Training Organisation (Polish acronym: PWK) was established on March 20, 1928 in order to prepare women for auxiliary functions in the army in the event of the break of war. Members of the Organisation were undergoing sanitary, communications, economic and offi ce training. In March 1939, the Social Emergency Service was established to acquaint Polish women, who were not associated, with the principles of self-defense and self-help during the war. Th e Organization (PWK) also had a dynamically developing Local Circle in Wadowice, which cooperated with the local 12th Infantry Regiment. At the break of the war, the initial mobilization plans failed, but the trained members of PWK joined the current defensive works through the country.
Journal: Wadoviana. Przegląd historyczno-kulturalny
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 21
- Page Range: 84-91
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English, Polish