Ewolucja ustroju polskich najwyższych władz wojskowych w latach II wojny światowej
Evolution of the Polish system of the supreme military authorities during the Second World War

Summary/Abstract: The war obliges the state authorities to equip them with new competences. It is often necessary to establish new ones, especially in the field of the supreme military authorities. The Polish government was prepared for such a situation and adopted a draft decree on the supreme military authorities during the war. The President of the Republic of Poland signed it on the day of the commencement of warfare against Poland on 1 September 1939. Unfortunately, the authors of this act did not foresee the necessity for the highest state, civil and military authorities to leave the territory of the country and continue their activity in exile. There was a need to amend the existing solutions. The presented deliberations show the process of their evolution from regulations characteristic for the authoritarian system to regulations typical for a democratic state. It is shown against the background of more general transformations taking place in Polish political circles operating in exile, initially in France and then in Great Britain, as a result of the takeover of the Polish government by the opponents of the pre-war authoritarian governments in Poland.

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