Chtěli Poláci napadnout Československo? Polská armáda a ČSR mezi Mnichovem a okupací
Review: Did the Poles Intend to Attack Czechoslovakia? The Polish Army and Czechoslovakia between the Munich Agreement and the Occupation

Summary/Abstract: Deszczynski, Marek Piotr. Ostatni egzamin: Wojsko Polskie wobec kryzysu czecho-stowackiego 1938-1939. Warsaw: Neriton, 2003, 597 pp. + appendices. This work, based solidly on primary sources, is, according to the reviewer, a considerable contribution to Polish and Czech historiography. It reconstructs in detail the political and military relations between Warsaw and Prague in the dramatic years 1938 and 1939, providing insight into the plans and thinking of the Polish military command. The relationship of the two countries was tainted by disputes over Cieszyn/Tesin and was intensified during the Munich crisis, when the Poles annexed part of this territory. The key question, whether in autumn 1938 the Poles were preparing to attack if Czechoslovakia refused its ultimatum, is, according to the author of the work, difficult to answer with certainty. While strategic plans for this operation did exist, the relevant orders were probably never given.

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