Początki i założenia studiów operacyjnych Zachodniego Teatru Działań Wojennych w Siłach Zbrojnych PRL
Beginnings and Objectives of Operational Studies of the Western Theatre of War Operations in the Armed Forces of the Polish People’s Republic

Summary/Abstract: Research on the operational issues of the Polish People’s Army is still far from complete. Many key issues remain obscure and the known elements of war planning are very difficult to match with the relevant context and interpretation. This often leads to accusations being levelled against the researchers working on these topics that they misunderstand the significance of the investigated documents. Former Polish People’s Army officers excel in this regard; they take part in the whole process, often very well-versed in the resources held in the network of military archives. Until the Military Historical Office was created in 2016, access to those files had been restricted and difficult to access. The text represents an attempt to describe the significance of the corpus of sources which are components of the operational studies on the Western Theatre of War Operations conducted since 1958. The causes and the course of that process have not been satisfactorily explained in literature on the subject; presenting the beginnings and objectives of that task is necessary in order to set the preserved documents in the relevant context of war planning in the Armed Forces of the Polish People’s Republic.

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