Mobilization Metamorphoses in Poland and Polish Armed Forces Deployment in late August-early September 1939
https://doi.org/10.53658/RW2024-4-4(14)-184-200
Abstract
The article examines the mobilization measures carried out in Poland in 1939 and their impact on the deployment of the Polish armed forces in late August – early September and the subsequent “September catastrophe”. The authors draw attention to the fact that the reasons for Poland’s defeat in 1939 can be explained if we turn to the current issue of the mobilization of the Polish armed forces on the eve of the war, in the confidence of Polish politicians that the country would be supported by France and Britain. Understanding the role of Poland’s mobilization measures also affects the understanding of the reasons for the country’s defeat in 1939.
About the Authors
Ia. Ia. Grishin
Institute of International Relations, History and Oriental Studies, Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Iakov Ia. Grishin - DSc. (Hist.). Professor of the Department of International Relations, World Politics and Diplomacy,
1/55, Pushkin str., Kazan, 420111.
V. A. Letiaev
Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valerii A. Letiaev - DSc. (Law), CandSc. (Hist.). Professor. Professor,
building 1, 53/2, Ostozhenka str., Moscow, 119034.
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Grishin I.I., Letiaev V.A. Mobilization Metamorphoses in Poland and Polish Armed Forces Deployment in late August-early September 1939. Russia & World: Sc. Dialogue. 2024;(4):184-200. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.53658/RW2024-4-4(14)-184-200
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