POLISH TERRITORY IN THE WAR PLANS OF THE CENTRAL POWERS AND RUSSIA AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

• Authors: Zgórniak M.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The growing antagonism between Germany, Austro-Hungary, and tsarist Russia was the reason why already since the 1870s the general staffs of the three powers prepared war plans which were to be realised in the territory of partitioned Poland. The article presents the military and mobilisation potential, the organisation structure of the armed forces, and the evolution of the war plans of Germany, Austro-Hungary and Russia, with special attention to the period directly preceding the outbreak of the war. The author criticises the German plan, which envisaged an attack against France across neutral Belgium, as well as the Austro-Hungarian plan of a simultaneous offensive on the Russian and Serbian fronts. The initial plans drawn up by Germany and Austro-Hungary are perceived as one of the main reasons for subsequent wartime defeat.

Keywords

EN

MILITARY WAR PLANS; WORLD WAR FIRST

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Dzieje Najnowsze
• Year: 2004
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 19-22
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Zgórniak M.

• M. Zgórniak, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Instytut Historii, ul. Golebia 13, 31-007 Kraków, Poland.

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

04PLAAAA0027610