Przygotowanie kolei polskich do mobilizacji i wojny w 1939 roku. Rola gen. bryg. Aleksandra Szychowskiego
Preparing the Polish railways for mobilization and war in the year 1939. The role of Brigadier General Aleksander Szychowski

Summary/Abstract: Among the many problems related to the functioning of the state that the Republic of Poland was faced with after World War I, one of the most important was the need to rebuild and develop transport, an important element of which was the railway. The railway infrastructure inherited from the invaders and its level of development significantly differed from each other. In contrast to the Prussian and Austrian Partitions, the railways of the Russian Partition were less developed. The war damage was visible, both in the railway equipment, as well as railway lines, bridges, viaducts, depots and railway stations, which showed the enormity of the undertakings facing the reborn state. The importance of railway connections was important not only for the development of the economy, but also important for its security and defense due to the geopolitical location of Poland. From the beginning of military planning in the General Staff (Main), the General Inspectorate of the Armed Forces or the Ministry of Military Affairs, it was assumed that it was necessary to create the possibility of rapid movement of military transports to the necessary regions of the country. In the period preceding the outbreak of World War II, war plans were drawn up, also regarding military communications (emergency and general mobilization, war transports), taking into account the conflict with Germany or the USSR. A group of the Chief of Military Communications of the Commander-in-Chief, headed by the Minister of Communication Juliusz Urlich, worked on these plans. In this group, the chief of Eszelon I, Brig. Aleksander Szychowski. The subject of the analyzes in the presented article is its assessment of work on the preparation of transport plans (as part of the war plan „Z”) and the effectiveness of its implementation.

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