Polish Officers of Austro-Hungarian Stormtroops and the Creation of an Assault School in the Corps District Command Cracow as an Attempt to use their Experiences in the Polish Army Cover Image

Polacy – oficerowie austro-węgierskich oddziałów szturmowych i Szkoła Szturmowa Dowództwa Okręgu Generalnego Kraków jako próba recepcji ich doświadczeń w Wojsku Polskim
Polish Officers of Austro-Hungarian Stormtroops and the Creation of an Assault School in the Corps District Command Cracow as an Attempt to use their Experiences in the Polish Army

Author(s): Krzysztof Pięciak
Subject(s): History, Military history, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne im. gen. broni Kazimierza Sosnkowskiego
Keywords: Austro-Hungarian Army;Stormtroopers;Polish Army;combat courses;First World War

Summary/Abstract: Assault troops (Stormtroops) were formed during the First World War to break the stalemate of positional warfare. The text discusses the organization of these units in the Austro-Hungarian Army, the training process, and the biographies of the Polish officers serving in them. The paper also discusses the attempts made by the Command of the General District Cracow (Dowództwo Okręgu Generalnego Kraków) to introduce and adopt WW1 assault tactics into the Polish Army at its Assault School (1918–1919).

  • Issue Year: XXV/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 50-109
  • Page Count: 60
  • Language: Polish
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