Powstanie Legionów Polskich oraz Naczelnego Komitetu Narodowego w sierpniu 1914 roku. Zapomniany sukces politycznej elity alicji
The Creation of the Polish Legions and the Supreme National Committee in August 1914. A Forgotten Success of the Political Elites of Galicia

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the events of the end of July and the fi rst weeks of August 1914 which led to the creation of two parallel structures: the Polish Legions and the Supreme National Committee, providing political and organizational infrastructure to the former. This topic has already been repeatedly tackled by Polish historians. Most studies, however, focused on the person of Jozef Piłsudski, as well as on the military aspect of the history of Polish Legions. However, this article presents the political aspect of the events in question, including the attempts to answer two important questions about the genesis of the Polish Legions, ie. who and under what circumstances came up with the idea of creating the Legions as regular military units being a part of the armed forces of the Austro--Hungarian Empire and at the same time having a national, Polish character.

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