Materiały dotyczące konsultacji na temat prowadzenia studiów operacyjnych Zachodniego Teatru Działań Wojennych z wybranymi armiami państw Układu Warszawskiego w latach 1970–1976
Materials Regarding Consultations with the selected Armed Forces of the Warsaw Pact Countries on Conducting Operational Studies of the Western Theater of Military Operations between 1970–1976

Summary/Abstract: In recent years, significant progress has been made regarding our understanding of various aspects of operational planning in the Polish People’s Army. The establishment of the Military Historical Bureau in 2016 contributed to facilitating access to archival materials. Thanks to this, many detailed issues have become the object of analysis by historians, but they require continuous and in-depth research. An example of such an issue are the operational studies of the Western Theater of Military Operations. The subject matter concerning them has so far become the object of wider interest to only a few researchers. In the context of the task carried out by the First Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Polish Army, it is still difficult to reach a consensus as to its importance and role in the overall operational planning of the Polish People’s Army. There is no doubt that from the moment studies were initiated in 1957, the Polish side attached great importance to them, disproportionate to the interest shown by other members of the Warsaw Pact. This resulted in numerous requests for consultations and a comparison of the ways in which studies were carried out. This article uses four reports that document consultations on operational studies carried out by the Polish side with the „fraternal” armies of Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union and Hungary between 1970–1976.

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